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If you start a grocery store, you probably are not selling a technical or scientific innovation, so your goal is to exec...
To protect your innovation, you can apply for a US patent. Its owner can stop anyone else (an “infringer”) from making ,...
Don’t worry. You, the entrepreneur, likely won’t sue anyone for infringing your patents. Instead, you are building a war...
My opinion: The person on TV says: “don’t try this at home.” Sorry, but it takes 3-5 years after law school for me to “t...
This is a terribly difficult question, particularly for someone new to the patent world. I’ve been hiring patent attorne...
“Loose lips sink ships.” My general advice is to keep your innovation secret (e.g., within your company) until you file ...
There are a lot of requirements, but the two biggest ones are: Novelty : Nobody else in the history of humankind has inv...
Unlike writing a patent, you can, and should, search for your concept yourself!! When searching, I tell entrepreneurs to...
Before the mid-2000s, there was some risk, but that risk is greatly diminished now. Don’t worry about searching. You nee...
I like to say, “software is not not patentable.” No, that’s not a typo. When someone makes that assertion, they are high...
Of course! First and foremost, does the patent help advance your business goals? You need to get a return on your invest...
Sometimes an inventor is not ready to make the commitment to a full patent application. For example, the invention may n...
A full-on patent application for a US utility patent covers the actual invention of a system or method to do something n...
Maybe. A patent only gives you the right to stop others from making, using or selling the patented technology. However, ...
A patent is property that can be sold (“assigned”) or rented (“licensed”). Thus, if MIT owns a valuable patent, you can ...
There are two main types of licenses: Exclusive : Only the licensee obtains the specified patent rights. For example, on...
A party interested in licensing a patent may ask the patent owner to hold the patent open for potential license until an...
No. A US patent only protects you in the US. Steven Saunders is an Intellectual Property Attorney at the Boston-based la...
Ultimately, to protect your invention in other countries, you must file for patent in other countries. Unfortunately, th...
Dragon Innovation, a manufacturing consulting firm, has a great article about the patent process. Check it out. https://...
Click here to download a cheat sheet for IP, from a talk given by Eve Brown from Bricolage Law LLC on 8/18/16 in the Mar...
Watch a recorded webinar from the MIT Bootcamps group to learn whether entrepreneurs really need patents. Featuring Nath...
MIT Bootcamps has produced a webinar series on IP Law. Check it out here . Special thanks to the MIT Bootcamps group for...