Patent attorney vs solicitor

Differences between patent attorney and solicitor duties and responsibilities

Patent attorney example responsibilities.

• Advise client in requirements to achieve and maintain critical FCPA compliance.
• Conduct extensive legal research and prepare pleadings, discovery requests and responses and motions in trademark and copyright litigation matters.
• Conduct trademark oppositions, cancellations and appeals before TTAB.
• Review and execute infringement and invalidity analyses for patents relating to telecommunications and call routing in support of major infringement litigation.
• Represent individual and institutional clients in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate acquisition, financing and leasing and foreclosure.
• Handle subpoenas, discovery requests, and occasionally legal research to provide counsel to senior attorneys regarding statutory and regulatory issues.

Solicitor example responsibilities.

• Manage all casework including indictments, discovery, subpoenas, and jury selection.
• Negotiate successful payment plans for assign customers in multiple stages of foreclosure, litigation and/or charge-off.
• File required SR-22 and SR1A forms with the DMV.
• Process applications, payments, corrections, endorsements and cancellations.
• Process loans for different investors by using extensive experience in processing VA, FHA, conventional and Fannie Mae loans.
• Solicit sales for various newspapers via auto-dial telephone contact
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