The 58 interviewed lawyers were selected by a non-random
“snowball” sampling technique designed to identify lawyers with
more than five years of experience enforcing trademarks and
copyrights and who currently practiced more than 50% of the time in
this area. Lawyers identified in the snowball sample were then
contacted by letter asking them to participate in this study. The letters
were followed up by a phone call. The response rate for this study
was very high, as all but one lawyer who was contacted by telephone
agreed to participate. Only three lawyers who agreed to participate
were not interviewed, mostly due to scheduling issues.