http://www.rethinkip.com/archives/is_your_ip_attorney_stuck_in_the_sand.html Is your IP attorney stuck in the sand? You know the type – always too busy to return your call.  Always too busy to sit down with your technical staff and explain legal principles and concepts in an understandable manner.  Always too... en-us http://www.krajec.com/blog/archives/2005/04/alternatives_to.html Doug Sorocco had an interesting post about the billable hour in the rethink(ip) blog, and I agree with a good part of it. However, he makes it sound like the fixed fee is the billable hour cloaked in presold increments....