2)
I-PACT is a purpose-built, "strategic" alliance that is
aimed at clients looking for improved International IP management
and that has specific service offerings.
3)
I-PACT offers clients a one-stop shop for the U.S. and Europe combined
with no requirement to instruct different Attorneys in the different
jurisdictions.
4)
I-PACT guarantees clients a strategic International approach to their
IP management from the outset; international drafting strategies,
international filing strategies and international portfolio management.
5)
I-PACT uses uniform, consistent and efficient processes and systems,
including specific I-PACT joint procedures, sharing of staff by secondment
and common quality standards.
6)
I-PACT also brings many practical benefits including greater predictability
of costs, faster client response times and real-time access to the
status of cases by sharing of databases.
7)
I-PACT also offers clients access to varied and extensive expertise
from its combined pool of technical experts that cover the full range
of technologies on both sides of the Atlantic.
I-Pact is an arrangement between two independent
firms, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, a Pennsylvania limited liability
partnership and Murgitroyd & Company Limited and is not a partnership
or any other entity. Neither firm has any interest in the fees or
profits of the other.