{"id":5563,"date":"2018-07-30T13:19:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T11:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfirmchange.com\/whom-we-advise\/patent-law-firms\/top-10\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:42:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:42:45","slug":"top-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lawfirmchange.com\/en\/whom-we-advise\/patent-law-firms\/top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5563\" class=\"elementor elementor-5563 elementor-2531\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bfdb66 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3bfdb66\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8c8b3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8c8b3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Patent law firms: TOP 10<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4580c6 line-heading elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4580c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenge<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7fd33b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7fd33b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Patent law firms often accept mandates from any client without questioning whether it makes economic sense. 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The economic results improve, as the processes of information and control are also optimised.<\/p>\n     \n    \n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Icon Accordion -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cca8c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4cca8c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e842a7c line-heading elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e842a7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Case studies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-286c0d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"286c0d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We can name the following cases from the last 20 years of our law firm consulting, with many examples overlapping; at the core, it is always about culture change:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b862d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6b862d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4018000 no-margin elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4018000\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ul1\"><li class=\"li1\">Clarification of requirements for the management of large law firms; consensus building among partners and \u2018amendment of partnership agreement<\/li><li class=\"li1\">Strategy processes to clarify the future positioning of a medium-sized patent law firm<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7f6e89 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7f6e89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e7e6d2 no-margin elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e7e6d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ul1\"><li class=\"li1\"><p><strong>Example of our \u201cReal Time Change\u201d consulting approach<\/strong><\/p><p>One of the top 10 patent law firms, with several locations, lacked coordination and leadership, especially with regard to its accounting, human resources and marketing staff. 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