Contingent Fee Patent Litigation
Patent Infringement Litigation can be so expensive that small businesses, and inventors, cannot afford to enforce their patent rights.. unless a Contingent Fee Patent Attorney takes the case. Fortunately, the Contingent Fee Intellectual Property Law Firm of Gallagher and Dawsey Co. LPA will review your potential case for FREE.
The Problem:
Patent litigation can be very expensive. Traditionally, law firms have only taken patent litigation cases on a “bill by the hour” arrangement. Such arrangements often lead to scorched-earth, and leave no stone unturned, litigation strategies, which is why the legal fees often exceed one million dollars; benefiting no one but the attorney. Further, most traditional “old school” litigators are unwilling to assume some of the risk associated with a patent litigation case because patent litigation cases can be risky and unpredictable.
Most small businesses and independent inventors cannot finance traditional patent infringement litigation to enforce their patents.
How We Help:
The patent law firm of Gallagher & Dawsey Co. LPA regularly represent patent owners on alternative fee arrangements (such as contingent fees, partial contingent fees, flat rate fees, and others) tailored to suit the patent owner's needs. Our firm is set-up to hanlde large-scale patent licensing and patent litigation programs, for either a single patent or an entire patent portfolio on a contingent fee basis.
The contingent fee patent litigators of Gallagher & Dawsey Co. LPA are headquartered in Columbus, Ohio and represent clients across the United States, and regularly serve as local counsel for out of state law firms before the courts of the Southern District of Ohio and Northern District of Ohio. Our contingent fee intellectual property law firm also has offices in Dayton and Cincinnati Ohio.
The Solution:
Contingent fee practice has been an essential part of our justice system for centuries. It permits every patent owner, regardless of their wealth, the opportunity to pursue a valid patent infringement claim against even the most powerful corporations. The contingent fee has been the most common form of payment arrangement for plaintiffs in personal injury litigation for years. Only recently have patent litigation lawyers started taking patent infringement cases on a contingent fee basis.
In a contingent fee arrangement, instead of billing the client on an hourly basis, the contingent fee patent litigation attorney is entitled to a percentage of the settlement or trial award, usually one-third to one-half of the recovery. If the plaintiff does not receive any compensation for damages, the attorney receives nothing. The contingent fee is to be distinguished from out-of-pocket expenses, which ordinarily remain an obligation of the client, although in very rare cases the attorney may advance expenses during the time the case is pending and will deduct the expenses from the client's share of any recovery at the conclusion of the case.