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Using An Invention Checklist Badly

This is a transcript from a section of the course “Patents 340 – Invention Rating Checklist,” which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Checklist Get the Book Do Not Use The Checklist Badly The checklist is just a tool – a guide – that gives you some objective measures for evaluating inventions. The elements…Read More

Invention Checklist Introduction

Introduction to the Invention Rating Checklist In this course, we will go through the Invention Checklist, which is available for free download from IP.Education. The checklist is explained in my book “Investing In Patents”, which is available on Amazon. Prerequisites: This course is designed for anyone involved in either inventing or evaluating inventions. This…

Patents and Novelty

This is a transcript from a section of the course "Patents 340 - Invention Rating Checklist," which is available here at IP.Education. Download the Invention Checklist Get the Book Novelty Novelty is one of the requirements for getting a patent. In the US, the requirement is that the invention be novel and non-obvious. In the…Read More

IP 101 – Intellectual Property for Entrepreneurs

IP 101 covers the basics for all IP. Internally facing IP, externally facing IP, Trade Secrets, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents – we cover it all. This is taught from the entrepreneur’s standpoint. What do you need to know as CEO of your own company? This gets you started.

Own or Rent? Exclusive Licenses Can Be Better Than Owning Patents Outright

Own or Rent? Exclusive Licenses Can Be More Valuable Than Owning Patents Outright. Patents encapsulate the hopes and dreams of a company and many investors, CEOs, and inventors have a negative gut reaction about not “owning” their patents. For some reason, “owning” their patents is a deeply emotional issue, but it should not be. Sophisticated…