TheSirBrothers

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Came prepared and getting in early since I have a bunch of questions!

First and foremost, I want to say thank you, to both you and the AOP team, for giving me the opportunity to hone my research skills and make some extra money while doing it. As an active researcher on the AOP platform I've had some success and was wondering the following:

  1. At the risk of opening the floodgates of competition, have you considered advertising to law students about research opportunities? Going into my 3L year, my only regret is that I didn't find out about this sooner, and I only discovered it by accident. I was reading an article by Cheryl Milone on patent troll defense and I thought it sounded like an interesting concept. I only mention this because it seems like such an untapped demographic for this type of work. What law student wouldn't want to make some extra cash while developing a necessary career skill? Platform wins, which are visible to all on the winners page, can even be used as resume boosters.

  2. What is AOP actively doing to grow their client base, the platform, and their researcher base? The EOU and patent-to-standards mappings seem like a great asset to businesses (as long as they aren't using them to assert unnecessary infringement claims -- a worry of mine, since we never get to interface with the clients) looking to monetize something they already own a right to.

  3. Are you planning to launch any new types of studies (don't need specifics necessarily, if it's too early, but just a "yes" or a "no" would suffice)?

  4. Does AOP have any plans to extend their services to litigation, or services typical to that of a boutique IP firm?

  5. How different is your day-to-day at AOP, versus what you did at Microsoft and IBM?

  6. As someone looking to take the patent bar and break into the IP law world, what is the best advice you can offer? Given the recent activity in the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit, do you still see the prospect of IP Law as a good career choice?

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