Category: Licensing

  • What Money Do You Spend First

    What Money Do You Spend First

    What Money Do You Spend First I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about what the first steps should be for an inventor and

  • When to Use an NDA and when is it Overkill

    When to Use an NDA and when is it Overkill

      When to Use an NDA and when is it Overkill When do you need to use an NDA?  Well first off, an NDA is

  • What kind of documentation do Inventors Need

    What kind of documentation do Inventors Need

      What kind of documentation do Inventors Need There are a couple documents that any inventor working on getting an idea to market need as

  • Be Careful of the Attorney You Pick

    Be Careful of the Attorney You Pick

      So how do you pick a patent attorney?  Over the past 20 years, I’ve dealt with a significant number of attorneys.  I’m even married to one.  He’s taught me a great deal about working with them and how to filter out the good ones. First of all, you need a registered patent attorney.  Attorneys…

  • Inventor’s Galaxy Guide

    Inventor’s Galaxy Guide   We’re going to try and focus on some of the basic early steps in the mind to market process with the next series of videos.  So for all of you newbies out there, these are for you.  If you find you have additional questions, be sure to visit the Inventor Lady…

  • Too Good To Be True

    Too Good To Be True

    We’ve all heard this before is just above every aspect of life.  And in the inventing process, it is absolutely TRUE as well!  Listen to your instincts.  I talk to inventors all of the time who hear one thing or another about inventing and their question to me is “Can that be true?”  I ask…

  • Filing Your Own Patent (Pro Se)

    Filing your own patent (Pro Se) is one of  the worst mistakes I see as a licensing agent.  It will lead to many avoidable problems if you work with someone who has patent expertise. Why Filing Your Own Patent (Pro Se) is a Bad Idea It doesn’t matter how many classes you take, you can’t…

  • “Me Do My Own Self” – Take Your Idea To The Marketplace

    Are you hoping to take your idea to the marketplace? It is amazing how many inventors tell me they can do everything themselves because they think it is a way to earn/keep more of the money. The reality is no one can do it all! In fact, inventors who live in this state of fantasy,…

  • Making the Licensing Deal!

    In my last blog post, I said that the patent is not the most important part of trying to get a new product to market; so when is the patent important? The patent is critical when you need to negotiate your licensing deal. No patent-No negotiations. Your patent is the only thing that allows you…

  • Inventor Warning: Caution is the Keyword in Dealing with IPHC’s

    I recently had a call from a patent attorney who wanted me to introduce him to my clients so that he could offer to buy their intellectual property from them. He has, what is called, an “Intellectual Property Holding Company” or “IPHC”. IPHC’s come in essentially three different flavors.  The first category consists of those…

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