Effective Patents: A Strategic Guide to Protecting and Leveraging Your Innovations

by Kelce Wilson

Overview

This book is for anyone who needs to use the patent system, or wishes to learn how it truly operates - rather than following idyllic descriptions that are not actually met. Solo inventors, business owners and leaders, engineers at large companies, students, and even practicing attorneys can all learn from what is provided here. Examples include how to decide whether to file a patent application on an invention idea (hint: it's not always a good plan), how to prioritize from among many ideas when only a few can be patented, how companies (from small start-ups up through large, sophisticated companies) wield patents, how to budget for patent portfolios, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798894097930
Publisher:	Kelce Wilson
Publication date:	04/17/2024
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Kelce Wilson is a registered patent attorney with experience writing patents for cash-strapped solo inventors up through Fortune 100 companies patenting highly complex technology, foreign inventors, and even military technology that is subject to special patent rules. He has litigated patents (both suing and defending from being sued), sold and purchased patents as both single properties and large portfolios, and negotiated patent licenses for values up into the $100 Million range.
However, his first experience with patents was a nightmare in which, as a solo inventor, he lost a large percentage of his savings to a scheme that, (although permissible at the time) if repeated today would result in the patent attorney being barred from practicing patent law. So, he decided to use the experience as motivation to become a patent attorney himself, learn as much as he could about the patent system, and then help others navigate the complexities. This book is a result of that commitment.