pecanさんのブログで「知財部門とマネジメント適性」という記事を見て確かにプロパーの知財部員には職人気質(?)の人が多いと、私のまわりを見回してそう思いました。知財外から異動して来た人間から見ると異常な部署に思えるらしく、プロパー部員と衝突する人もいます。私も知財部外から異動して来た口ですがすっかり知財の風土になじんでしまっています。
一方、米国HP社ではリーガル部門に変革の時が訪れているようです。
HPはもともと超優良な計測器メーカーでしたがこの10年くらいの間にCOMPAQと合併し、本家であるはずの計測器部門を別会社として切り離しコンピュータ会社に変貌してしまいました。この時の波を乗り越えたHPリーガル部門の弁護士達にとっても今回の変革はより大きな波として降りかかったようです。
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Hewlett-Packard Proves Legal Departments No Safe Haven From Churn
Hewlett-Packard Proves Legal Departments No Safe Haven From Churn
The Recorder
May 08, 2009
<前略>
While in-house departments were once thought of as the softer alternative to law firms, far away from the soul-crushing performance reviews and billable hours requirements, times are changing, said one law department consultant.
<中略>
In HP's intellectual property department, for instance, of about 70 U.S. lawyers who were there when Holston came on, only about a third are left, according to an informal survey. Some took an early retirement package in 2007; others were cut subsequently, during one of the rounds of company layoffs, pushed out, or left on their own. At least a dozen who left fit this profile: late 40s and early 50s, with 15 to 20 years of experience at the company.
One was Haggard, who left in January and took a job as VP of patent and IP development at Rambus. Another was Guy Kelley, an HP engineer-turned HP lawyer who spent a total of 27 years at the company. He decided to retire after the IP department got shaken up with new leadership.
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