Corporate IP legal managers are facing increasing pressures to reduce the costs of IP procurement. To date, most methods of cost control focus on obtaining discounts from outside counsel, fixed fee arrangements or bringing work in-house. These methods lead certainly can result in lower costs, but "outside the box" thinking can actually result in increased success. This presentation provides in-house legal managers with ideas on how to introduce new cost reduction strategies within their organizations.

1. Innovations in Corporate IP Management:
Methodologies to Reduce Outside IP
Counsel Costs
Jackie Hutter, MS, JD
Chief IP Strategist
The Hutter Group LLC & Patent MatchMaker
Decatur, GA
Web: www.JackieHutter.com
www.PatentMatchMaker.com
Blog: www.ipAssetMaximizer.com
Twitter: @ipStrategist

2. Today’s Legal Service Realities

3. Traditional Methods of Reducing IP
Legal Costs

4. Traditional Methods of Reducing IP
Legal Costs Will Not Work Today

5. Idea 1: Conduct a REAL Audit

6. Idea 1: Conduct a REAL Audit

7. Idea 2: Go Fully Paperless

8. Idea 2: Go Fully Paperless

9. Idea 3: Super-Charge Your Staff

10. Idea 4: Do You Really Need a Full-
Time Docket Clerk?

11. Idea 5: Consider Micro-Firms for
Routine Procurement Tasks

12. Idea 6: Hire Good Counsel in Low
Cost Markets

13. Idea 7: Forget What You Thought You
Knew About Buying IP Legal Services