Q: patent litigation
I am an exclusive inventor and owner of an US patent about a machine and recently discovered a us company product and sale -withou having anm own patent- a machine completely same of my patent
I am searching a law firm on a base "no win no fee" success rate
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Sorry, but patent litigation is not mass tort. I don't know of any firm who would do this on "no win no fee".
Here is an option for you: you could finance it. There are companies who could lend you the money to finance your litigation. But even with those, you'd need to spend about 50K to do the preliminary work in order to get the litigation shovel ready.
A:
The funding of litigation is always tricky – and an underlying problem around patents and protecting your patent rights. You can call around to different patent offices and see what information you can obtain. Others will charge for a consult.
As far as fees, I’ve seen of some clients proposing a lower billable rate and then a partial contingency (paying x% less of the normal hourly rate and then a x% contingency). I’ve heard of some firms doing contingency work.
There are different litigation funders large and small.
So you can spend some time asking around. If it is not worth spending 20 hours of work (just a number for an example) – figuring things out – or spending money on litigation – maybe the damages are just not that high. That said, if there is a case there, I’m sure there are many many patent litigators that would love to take your case.
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