Surveys

• Remote Work Practices​​​​​​
  • The HR & Well-Being Group of PMC 4 is surveying remote working practices across the profession. The survey aims to gather feedback from FICPI members worldwide on current remote work policies, conditions, advantages, challenges and the impact on well-being. Click here to contribute.
     
• Invoicing Know-How for IP Firms 
  • The Finance Group of PMC is conducting a survey on billing practices, payment terms and related matters within the profession. The survey aims to provide an overview of current invoicing practices and a useful benchmark for FICPI members. Click here to contribute.
     
• Technology
  • The PMC Technology Group are monitoring technological developments that affect the practice of intellectual property law and the operation of IP firms and helps FICPI members in providing useful information for their practice.  Click here to contribute.

Our previous surveys covered:

• Sleep Survey
  • The results of this survey will contribute towards the structure of the Clocking up billable hours at any cost session at the 23rd Open Forum in Budapest.
• Business Models
  • The results of this survey will contribute towards the structure of the Shaping the future of IP firms: identity, strategy and business models session at the 23rd Open Forum.  
     
• Evaluation of recording tools
  • This survey is now closed - the results will be shared soon.
     
• Best practices when Automating workflows in IP law firms
  • the results from this survey are available below as a practice guide* (issued November 2025).
     
• Docketing Survey
  • this survey evaluates the functionality of intellectual property management tools - the results of this survey were presented during a workshop at the FICPI World Congress, Naples, October 2025.
     
• Reaction against the new competition from service providers (BRACE) 
  • the results from this survey are available as a practice guide* (March 2025)
     
• Pricing Survey
  • the results of this survey were presented at the 22nd Open Forum, Madrid, September 2024.
     
• The influence of AI
  • the results were reported on at the 22nd Open Forum, Madrid, September 2024.
     
• General Correspondence
  • the results from this survey are available as a practice guide* (September 2024)
     
• Profit generation in IP firms
  • the results from this survey are available below as a practice guide and were shared at the 21st Open Forum in London, October 2023.
     
• Pricing methods and fee structure
   
• IP valuation - The FICPI Journal, Nov 2022; 1: 4-20 contains a powerful article on IP valuation
   
• IP practice management benchmarking questionnaire

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