ABA consumer guide to obtaining a patent
Subtitle: a practical resource for helping entrepreneurs & innovators protect their ideas
By: Rich Goldstein ; illustrations by Thom Wright
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781634256070
Subjects: Patent laws and legislation; Popular works; Patent practice
Other titles: American Bar Association consumer guide to obtaining a patent; Obtaining a patent
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Do you need a patent?; title: Can you get a patent?; title: Is your invention really new?; title: How can filing a patent application protect your invention?; title: How does the patent system work?; title: What goes into a patent application?; title: Losing the right to patent and other pitfalls to avoid; title: Should you file a provisional patent application first?; title: After the application is filed; title: Working with a patent attorney; title: What is it going to cost?; title: Getting your idea across; title: Developing your idea; title: Having a plan to profit from your patent; title: Infringement : what to know and what to do; title: Alternative protections : trademark, copyright, trade secret; title: Patenting software and apps; title: Marketing your idea; title: Utility patent example; title: Design patent example.