Nowadays I.P. plays a central role in most commercial transactions. As our economy becomes more and more international and competition increases the importance of I.P. Rights becomes ever clearer, therefore to be successful in the market companies need to have a well thought-out I.P. strategy as a part of their business strategy.

However I.P. Rights are an increasing cost factor; they are time consuming and difficult to obtain, enforce and maintain. All the above require professional, precise, cost-effective and fast I.P. services.

From our side in order to be successful in today's world, we must distinguish ourselves from our competitors, be unique, and must concentrate on our strengths. Our philosophy encourages an entrepreneurial spirit, proactive, creative problem solving and the highest levels of client services by combining big firm ability and experience with small firm creativity, responsiveness and cost-effectiveness.

Individual Attention

A&E is a company large enough to cover all fields of I.P. protection but small enough to give individual and careful attention to every client/case.

Because we are small and a specialized practice firm we are able to provide dedicated personalized service to all our clients from individual persons to large corporations. We treat all our clients with the same level of courtesy, honesty and respect they expect and deserve from us. All the clients receive the attention and direct involvement of one of the partners, each of whom has more than twenty years of experience with I.P. counselling.

A&E is a flexible and manageable company lacking of internal bureaucracy which allows us to be more focused on our clients and to be better equipped to service their needs personally.

Fees

Obtaining, maintaining and enforcing I.P. Rights is an extremely expensive proposition in today's competitive business environment. In this context every service must be worth its cost.

The traditional hourly fee-for-service billing arrangement is impractical and excessive burdensome for companies clients. We work on flat fees, thereby allowing the client to make an exact budgetary planning before sending an order instruction.

Our staff has the background and qualification of attorneys in large firms but handles clients matter based on a fixed schedule of fees without the attendant fees and overhead of those large firms. We operate efficiently and effectively which allows us to maintain a small technical and administrative staff and consequently to keep a reasonable fee structure.

Our billing procedures are transparent and we are flexible on billing arrangements and always able to provide you with offers and discounts on a volume basis.

Quality and Proactive Approach

Nowadays business and companies are not expected to receive a conservative method of practice from their I.P. advisers, they require a proactive and innovative I.P. law firm. Our philosophy is to help our clients in a proactive manner to anticipate future needs and to advise them the better way to safeguard their I.P. Rights al the lowest cost possible. We are expert at anticipating potential problems and recognizing opportunities to solve these problems to our client's advantage. We are committed to save our client's time in a way they do not even have to think of the right question to ask.

We pride ourselves on finding the most efficient and cost effective way to achieve the best possible result. Our philosophy is avoiding costly process whenever possible. We work to develop alternative creative solutions to avoid costly and time consuming prosecutions.

All our professionals are experienced in their respective areas. When clients contact us they deal with an experienced lawyer or engineer, not a junior associate or other person of our technical staff.

We work to become the natural choice for clients seeking I.P. assistance for Mexico and Cuba and to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of our clients. A&E recognizes that the success of every client is a success indirectly shared by our firm.

Responsiveness

Time is extremely important when dealing with I.P. matters. A small firm like A&E does not have a large organization hierarchy and can act very quickly in response to the needs of a client.

We strive to return all communications (fax, e-mail, mail) promptly within the next hour from the moment they are received in our office. Our organization's commitment is to make all the necessary arrangement to avoid our clients sending reminders thereby helping our clients companies to save time and pressure on their resources.

Our staff is available for any need our clients might have at virtually any time. Thanks to this around the clock access our clients in other regions (Asia, Europe ) are able to receive the same high level of responsiveness as the clients of our region.

Technology

Technology has levelled the playing field in many respects, and a small company like ours can now compete on the same stage as large I.P. law firms.

We place a high priority on system reliability and network accessibility which support us to respond with immediacy and maximum efficiency to our clients.

We use technology to coordinate our work, administer our client's I.P. Rights and share documents electronically. Part of our vision is to become a paperless office, therefore all our communications are sent via e-mail with the exception of Certificates of Registrations and other original-needed documents which are sent by accelerated courier.

The firm benefits from an advanced computer and telecommunications network with access to the most important patent and trademark databases. We count with a flexible and powerful software for the administration of our clients I.P. Rights providing us with a reliable and cost efficient system for the surveillance of renewals, patent annuities, etc.