Patently Successful: Understanding and Mastering Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (IP)—patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, open source, and standards—is the most underused career accelerator available today. It is how ideas become assets, how credibility becomes influence. IP can often seem opaque and intimidating. At its core, however, it is not just a legal abstraction. It is concrete evidence of new ideas and the contributions they can make.

Patently Successful is a practical, jargon-free guide to creating, protecting, and leveraging I...