How to Stop Competitors From Patenting Your Idea Without Filing a Patent – Defensive Publications. Ep. 170
What if you don't actually want a patent, but you also don't want a competitor locking up your idea and using it against you later? In this episode, we dive into defensive publications, a powerful but...
5 Maj 10min
Using a Petition to Withdraw from Issue to Fix Last-Minute Errors. Ep. 169
21 Apr 12min
How Universities Handle Inventorship and IP Rights for Student Inventions. Ep. 168
If you're a student with a big idea, here's a question that can catch you completely off guard: do you actually own your invention, or does your university? In this episode, we unpack how universities...
7 Apr 10min
How to Use the Patent Office Patent Assignment Database Like a Pro. Ep. 167
Ever wonder who really owns a patent, or how to tell if a company quietly sold off its core technology? In this episode, we dive into the USPTO's patent assignment database, one of the most overlooked...
24 Mars 8min
Patent Thickets: When Owning Too Many Patents Is the Point. Ep. 166
What if the goal isn't just to have a patent, but to surround an entire technology with so many patents that no one else can move without bumping into one? That's the idea behind patent thickets. In t...
10 Mars 10min
Help! My Co-Inventor Refuses to Sign the Patent Application! Ep. 165
You built something together, the invention is real, the patent application is ready… and then everything grinds to a halt because your co-inventor suddenly won't sign. What happens now? Is the patent...
24 Feb 9min
Patent Pools: Cooperation That Looks Like Competition. Ep. 164
Ever wonder how companies that compete fiercely in the marketplace somehow manage to share patents without constantly suing each other? That's where patent pools come in. They're one of the most misun...
9 Feb 11min
Can You Patent an App? What You Need to Know Before You File Ep. 163
Everyone has an app idea, but very few people actually understand whether that idea can be patented or why so many app patents fail before they ever get off the ground. Is it the code? The features? T...
28 Jan 9min
