Publisher's Synopsis
This book deals with patents not only as means for protecting inventions but also as business assets, advantages, barriers to entry against the competition, and revenue resources through licensing. The book addresses, in simple terms, the latest law cases impacting patents and the patenting process. It provides business-based questions that a professional must consider and answer before deciding whether to patent an invention. It also provides law-based and business-oriented steps and questions a professional should direct to a patent practitioner to obtain the maximum possible advantages of protecting an invention.
