IP Intelligence
Inventor's Red Flag Checklists
Short, honest checklists to run before you disclose, file, respond, license or launch.
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Before launching a product
Your own patent tells you what others may not do. It never tells you what you may do. This checklist is about the second question.
Before you brief a patent drafter
A specification can only contain what the drafter was told. These are the things drafters most often are not told, and most often need.
Before choosing secrecy over a patent
Both choices are legitimate. The decision turns on one question that is easy to answer honestly and easy to avoid.
Before a trade show or demo day
Events are where the most expensive disclosure mistakes happen, because everything about them is designed to make you show more.
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