Preface |
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Preface to the Second Edition |
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Preface to the First Edition |
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About the Author |
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1 Basic Intellectual Property Concepts |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Basic Patent Law Concepts |
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2 | (3) |
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1.3 Patent Office Operations |
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5 | (3) |
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1.4 Requirements for Obtaining a Patent |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (6) |
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20 | (2) |
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1.8 Provisional Protection |
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22 | (2) |
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1.9 Definitions of Commonly Used Terms |
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24 | (8) |
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1.10 International Treaties |
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32 | (1) |
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1.11 The Paris Convention |
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32 | (3) |
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1.12 The Patent Cooperation Treaty |
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35 | (5) |
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1.13 The European Patent Convention |
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40 | (2) |
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1.14 The African Intellectual Property Organization |
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42 | (1) |
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1.15 The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization |
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42 | (1) |
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1.16 Eurasian Patent Convention |
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43 | (2) |
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1.17 Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (26) |
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2.1 Exclusivity - The Desired Goal |
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49 | (7) |
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2.2 The Mechanics of Achieving Exclusivity in a Technology Area |
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56 | (6) |
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2.3 Traps and Misconceptions - What Patents Can't Do |
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62 | (3) |
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2.4 The Informational Value of Patents |
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65 | (3) |
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2.5 Assigning Value to Patents |
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68 | (4) |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (58) |
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75 | (2) |
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3.2 Determining Whether or Not an Invention is Patentable |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (2) |
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3.4 The Principles Behind the Strategy - The Military Model |
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81 | (1) |
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3.5 Developing a Patent Strategy Model |
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82 | (14) |
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3.6 Developing a Patent Strategy for an Invention |
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96 | (14) |
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3.7 Developing a Patent Strategy for a Series of Inventions |
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110 | (8) |
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3.8 Developing a Strategy for an Existing Product |
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118 | (3) |
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3.9 Developing a Strategy for Licensing Patents |
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121 | (2) |
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3.10 Developing a Strategy for Handling a Potentially Adverse Patent |
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123 | (4) |
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3.11 Developing a Strategy for Oddball Inventions |
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127 | (2) |
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3.12 Dealing with Inventors When Patent Applications are Not Filed |
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129 | (2) |
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3.13 Coordination of Other Strategies and Patent Strategy |
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131 | (2) |
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4 Researching with Intellectual Property in Mind |
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133 | (22) |
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133 | (1) |
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4.2 Characteristics of Prolific Inventors |
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134 | (6) |
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4.3 Characteristics of Casual Inventors |
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140 | (2) |
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4.4 The Inventive Process |
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142 | (4) |
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4.5 Fostering Inventive Activity |
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146 | (4) |
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4.6 Suggestions on How to Conduct Research for Stronger Patents |
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150 | (5) |
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5 Infringement and Freedom to Operate |
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155 | (12) |
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5.1 Types of Infringement |
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155 | (3) |
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5.2 Avoiding Patent Infringement |
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158 | (3) |
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5.3 Dealing with Infringers |
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161 | (1) |
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5.4 Research Disclosures and Journal Articles |
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162 | (3) |
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5.5 Published Patent Applications and Provisional Patent Coverage |
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165 | (2) |
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6 Working with Attorneys, Agents, and Patent Liaisons |
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167 | (14) |
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167 | (1) |
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6.2 Preparing for the Legal World |
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168 | (2) |
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6.3 Actions to Take before Meeting with the Agent |
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170 | (1) |
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6.4 Typical Working Arrangements with Agents |
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171 | (2) |
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6.5 The Researcher's Responsibility for Technical Details |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (2) |
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6.7 Experimentation for the Patent Application |
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176 | (1) |
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6.8 Patent Liaisons and Other Intellectual Property Professionals |
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177 | (4) |
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7 Disclosure and Filing Decisions |
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181 | (18) |
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181 | (1) |
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7.2 Controlling the Disclosure of Technology |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (2) |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (1) |
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7.6 The Cost of Broadly Filed Patent Applications |
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188 | (2) |
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7.7 The Legal Systems of Individual Countries |
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190 | (1) |
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7.8 Techniques for Determining Which Countries will be of Value |
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191 | (2) |
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7.9 World Growth and Economic Power |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (1) |
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7.11 Timing of Application Filings |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (1) |
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7.13 Agreement with Strategy |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (8) |
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199 | (1) |
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8.2 Anticipating the First Response from a Patent office |
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199 | (1) |
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8.3 Modification of Claims |
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200 | (2) |
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8.4 Research After the Filing |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (1) |
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8.6 Issuance and Maintenance of Patents |
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205 | (2) |
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9 The Future of Intellectual Property Efforts |
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207 | (4) |
References |
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211 | (4) |
Further Reading |
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215 | (4) |
Index |
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