Nihil Obstat Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 [quote name='Terra Firma' date='24 March 2010 - 11:07 AM' timestamp='1269446825' post='2079067'] My undergrad is communications, so yeah. But, I can't be a patent lawyer with that. [/quote] Commerce, not communications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocent Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 [quote name='Terra Firma' date='24 March 2010 - 10:27 PM' timestamp='1269446236' post='2079059'] Yep. Engineering (or any hard science) is a pre-req for becoming a patent lawyer. Those dudes are very well-paid. Very. [/quote] How many years of law would one need to study after engineering to become a patent lawyer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='24 March 2010 - 10:11 AM' timestamp='1269447081' post='2079071'] Commerce, not communications. [/quote] I knew that ... [quote name='Innocent' date='24 March 2010 - 10:29 AM' timestamp='1269448189' post='2079082'] How many years of law would one need to study after engineering to become a patent lawyer? [/quote] Just the normal amount -- typically 3 years full-time. You also have to take an additional bar exam for admission to the patent bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) Apparently in Canada the tests to become a patent lawyer are brutal. People take it over years and years, sometimes decades. It has an ever worse rep than the tests to be a CA. Edited March 24, 2010 by Nihil Obstat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Here it takes a few extra months. It's about as rigorous as most state bar exams ... so still tough, but not a decades-long endeavor. Patent work is fascinating, but tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 In Calvin and Hobbes, that's what Calvin's dad does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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