Wipro Technologies, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) division has entered into a partnership with Microsoft Corporation to provide global Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) services for Microsoft’s Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio.

Wipro will integrate its BPO legal expertise with process and technology to reduce the overall legal costs of Microsoft's clients. It has been providing US patent and trademark filing services to Microsoft's IP and licensing group since July 2008, replacing the their in-house resources, outside law firms and offshore vendors.

Microsoft has already signed up with CPA Global and Integreon and during our conversation with Microsoft’s Assistant General Counsel, Marty Shivley had mentioned about increasing Microsoft’s outsourcing work to CPA Global and Wipro.

Most of the work Microsoft is outsourcing relate to patent and trademark, docketing and complex portfolio analysis. Microsoft has sometimes outsourced 100 percent of the work and in some cases outsourced portions that can be efficiently performed in India

Speaking to Bar & Bench, Saju A. Joseph, General Manager KPO & LPO solutions said “LPO deals will increasingly move for simple people substitution to larger integrated cost reduction deals. Service providers like Wipro are well placed to drive resultant value in the LPO space, working in close symbiotic partnership with clients”. Speaking to the media, Matrin Shively said "the dedicated Microsoft team at Wipro has become a fundamental component of our global Patent operations function. "The Wipro team works closely with our in-house team to manage one of the world’s largest and most valuable patent portfolios."