LPO is the buzzword in the Indian legal circle these days as outsourcing is looked upon as the doorway to fortune by entire legal communities, law firms and legal corporate. It is believed and predicted to be the future of Indian outsourcing industry and expected to earn great foreign exchange for India in the years to come.

Until recently it was the paralegal kind of work / legal document preparation that was outsourced. The LPO industry is now focusing on preferred jobs like patent related services and legal research with better earnings of $150 + / hour.

Some of the Indian giants of LPO are even claiming to be better and more efficient than their US counterparts and the aspiring LPO sector in India is fast catching up and trying to get their hands on the Patent and other IP related services. With 80000 law graduates being churned out every year India will have no problem getting the cream out of the milk to get the job done efficiently. According to Forrester, over 50000 legal jobs will be outsourced by 2015 to other countries. India is poised to get the biggest share.

What are the different types of patent related services that are at present outsourced? They include,

• IP monitoring
• Licensing support
• Patent mining
• Patent application drafting
• Assessing patents
• Patents competition analysis
• Claims mapping
• Patent landscaping
• Technology landscaping
• Patent analysis
• Patent landscaping
• Filing of Patent /document management

Managed Outsource Solutions (MOS) is an Oklahoma based legal outsourcing service provider offering outsourcing services in patent drafting services, patent litigation support and patent infringement services besides other services like legal transcription, legal research, litigation support and legal animation.

Labels: India, legal process outsourcing, LPO, patent services