2008 has arrived, and with it comes a fresh new year for you to develop your invention or new product and succeed in selling or licensing it to a company.

With it also comes a fresh, clean slate. You can take the best lessons learned last year, and leave the baggage of disappointment and guilt behind, where it belongs - in the past.

Time to wipe the whiteboard clean and start plotting out your strategies and plans for moving your idea forward. Read More...

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There are many situations in which an inventor may find themselves pondering whether or not it is worth pursuing patent protection for their idea or invention. It is a good question and one worthy of further exploration. For the purposes of this article, we will be considering typical circumstance of an individual inventor or small entity, as opposed to a corporation or other business entity. Additionally, the term "patent" as used throughout generally refers to a utility and/or design patent as opposed to provisional patent protection, which can be done fairly inexpensively or filed on your own for less than $200.

So, let's get started. When does patenting and idea NOT make sense? Read More...

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Your idea is NOT patentable if:
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The single most important stage in developing a new product or invention exists well before the actual product does - in the early analysis of the idea.

Before spending lots of time and money on pursuing your new invention idea, you must consider the following Three P's of Analyzing An Invention's Potential:
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You need a very specific answer to a very specific question: Why do you want a patent? If the answer is "...so I'll be protected..." you still have some very important homework to do here on this site and you are clearly not ready for that step yet. This should not be considered a put-down. Before you plop down potentially thousands of dollars, you should know what you are paying for, right? Right...
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There is so much confusion about what patents are, how patents work, what type of patent to apply for, how much patents cost, what patents protect and who enforces the intellectual property (IP) rights a patent may convey. Read More...

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Google's Patent Search Engine Reviewed

Google has quietly released into public beta a new patent search engine: Google Patents.
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