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Everyone -- whether attendee or not at one of the MakeSpace events in the series of "Patenting Experiences" -- shall be encouraged to contribute to the collective intelligence of this wiki.
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Everyone -- whether attendee or not at one of the MakeSpace events in the series of “Patenting Experiences” -- shall be encouraged to contribute to the collective intelligence of this wiki.
  
 
It shall help makespacers, entrepreneurs, or inventors navigate the patenting jungle, deal with patent attorneys, save resources, and improve commercial IP value, etc.
 
It shall help makespacers, entrepreneurs, or inventors navigate the patenting jungle, deal with patent attorneys, save resources, and improve commercial IP value, etc.
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'''Patenting Experiences, 2019-11-13, Tue, 7-9pm, MakeSpace classroom'''
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'''Patenting Experiences, 2019-11-13, Tue, 7-9pm, MakeSpace classroom, Mill Ln, Cambridge, UK'''
  
 
(We can possibly later leave out the event date and time, not structuring the content at all by when it came in, but only add content (incl questions for others) and structure.)
 
(We can possibly later leave out the event date and time, not structuring the content at all by when it came in, but only add content (incl questions for others) and structure.)
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<nowiki># book recommendations:</nowiki>
<nowiki># book recommendation:</nowiki>
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* Patent It Yourself by David Pressman
 
* Patent It Yourself by David Pressman
 
* Patent Pending in 24 Hours with CD by Richard Stim , David Pressman
 
* Patent Pending in 24 Hours with CD by Richard Stim , David Pressman
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<nowiki># possible extension of time of "patent pending" by withdrawing the patent application and then refiling anew, although this looses the priority date and risks that someone else has filed meanwhile something similar</nowiki>
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<nowiki># possible extension of time of “patent pending” by withdrawing the patent application and then refiling anew, although this looses the priority date and risks that someone else has filed meanwhile something similar</nowiki>
  
  
 
<nowiki># website: Five IP Offices has a good patent search tool, with links between patents/prior art</nowiki>
 
<nowiki># website: Five IP Offices has a good patent search tool, with links between patents/prior art</nowiki>
* [https://www.fiveIPoffices.org/resources https://www.fiveIPoffices.org/resources]
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* [https://www.fiveipoffices.org/resources https://www.fiveipoffices.org/resources]
  
  
 
<nowiki># website/youtube channel: InventRightTV</nowiki>
 
<nowiki># website/youtube channel: InventRightTV</nowiki>
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/InventRightTV/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/InventRightTV/videos]
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/InventRightTV/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/InventRightTV/videos]
* [https://www.InventRight.com/ https://www.InventRight.com/]
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* [https://www.inventright.com/ https://www.inventright.com/]
  
  
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<nowiki># design/trademark protection mentioned to be effective if no patent obtainable</nowiki>
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<nowiki># protection without patent:</nowiki>
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* design
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* trademark
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* copyright
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* effective commercial contracts re manufacturing or sales
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* mind space (Federer) / brand equity (Coca Cola) / cult following (Apple)
  
  
<nowiki># copyright and effective commercial contracts can protect if patents missing</nowiki>
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<nowiki># databases re patents, brands, trademarks, designs, etc:</nowiki>
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* Derwent via Cambridge University Library or British Library London
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* [https://worldwide.espacenet.com https://worldwide.espacenet.com]
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* [https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf]
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* [https://www3.wipo.int/branddb/en/ https://www3.wipo.int/branddb/en/]
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* [http://patft.uspto.gov/ http://patft.uspto.gov/]
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* [http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/ http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/]
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* [https://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/national_databases.html https://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/national_databases.html]
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* WIPO Guide to Using Patent Information incl Search Strategies [https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_l434_3.pdf https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_l434_3.pdf]
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* WIPO IP Facts and Figures 2018 [https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_943_2018.pdf https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_943_2018.pdf]
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* WIPO Free & Commercial Patent Database Overview: [https://www.wipo.int/tisc/en/ppt/Philippines/overview_of_DBs.pdf https://www.wipo.int/tisc/en/ppt/Philippines/overview_of_DBs.pdf]

Revision as of 03:12, 14 November 2019

Everyone -- whether attendee or not at one of the MakeSpace events in the series of “Patenting Experiences” -- shall be encouraged to contribute to the collective intelligence of this wiki.

It shall help makespacers, entrepreneurs, or inventors navigate the patenting jungle, deal with patent attorneys, save resources, and improve commercial IP value, etc.

Whatever you discover that needs improvement, please fix it ASAP, ideally by respectfully correcting what is not yet right, and by generously adding what is yet missing. Thank you in advance for your wise contributions.


Patenting Experiences, 2019-11-13, Tue, 7-9pm, MakeSpace classroom, Mill Ln, Cambridge, UK

(We can possibly later leave out the event date and time, not structuring the content at all by when it came in, but only add content (incl questions for others) and structure.)

(A few bullet points to get your creative juices flowing…please expand/add/improve at will.)


# book recommendations:

  • Patent It Yourself by David Pressman
  • Patent Pending in 24 Hours with CD by Richard Stim , David Pressman


# some grants, e.g. from UK Innovate, come with free IP search budgets


# possible extension of time of “patent pending” by withdrawing the patent application and then refiling anew, although this looses the priority date and risks that someone else has filed meanwhile something similar


# website: Five IP Offices has a good patent search tool, with links between patents/prior art


# website/youtube channel: InventRightTV


# various commercialization strategies mentioned:

  • Own IP and produce/sell yourself
  • License IP without own production or sales
  • Get acquired by large firm, save time, enter new game at higher level
  • Protect against competition by cooperating with adversary of biggest competitor
  • Create sticky consumer brand and outsell the competition


# protection without patent:

  • design
  • trademark
  • copyright
  • effective commercial contracts re manufacturing or sales
  • mind space (Federer) / brand equity (Coca Cola) / cult following (Apple)


# databases re patents, brands, trademarks, designs, etc: