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I’m curious. Why hire consultants? Are you willing to elaborate on your recommendation?

Sure. If you have employees, a Human resources consultant will help you update (or create?) an employee “manual.” That’s teh friendly word for “contract.” It will help you secure the best rights in the situation where an employee who knows patentable secrets is tempted to take them to a competitor (being disgruntered is probably more common than doing it for a payoff).

A computer security consultant can set you up with monitoring software that records all employee computer usage, and sends you reports of unusual activity (like downloading company files before they quit their job. This can be used to enforce the first. Maybe $100 per year per station the first year, less thereafter.

I can provide names of real people who do this if you Freepmail.