by Stephen Key | Oct 20, 2016 | Intellectual Property and IP Strategy
Post Views: 363 Because there are absolutely no black and whites when it comes to intellectual property, self-education is critical. Merely obtaining a patent is easy enough. If you pay a lawyer to help you, he will. Beyond that, things get trickier. The reality is,...
by Stephen Key | Oct 20, 2016 | Getting In to Companies Looking For Ideas
Post Views: 621 There are thousands and thousands of companies that want creative people to submit their ideas for new products to them. My students tell me about new companies they’re working with all the time. By and large, these companies treat inventors...
by Stephen Key | Oct 18, 2016 | Legal
Post Views: 407 Before you consider applying for any form of intellectual property, you need to understand the game that’s being played. How are you going to establish perceived ownership over your innovation? What’s your strategy? We have a lot of tools...
by Stephen Key | Oct 6, 2016 | Establishing Perceived Ownership Over Your Invention Ideas
Post Views: 1,232 Most products available on the market today are not protected by intellectual property. In other words, they aren’t patented. That makes sense. It takes years–easily as many as four–for an idea to work its way through the patent...
by Stephen Key | Oct 6, 2016 | Legal
Post Views: 438 Over the course of my career, I have filed many patents and worked with many attorneys. In fact, I have over a dozen patents in my name. So it is with certainty that I say: They’re not all created equal. The truth is that patents are expensive....
