Intellectual Property for Startups Creating Value with Patent Portfolios

CHAPTER 1.WHAT IS A "PATENT PORTFOLIO"?; NATURE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; OVERVIEW/DEFINITION OF IP RIGHTS; EXPLOITATION OF PATENTS; BASICS OF PATENT FILING; TYPES OF PATENTS; NATIONAL RIGHTS, PCT, PRIORITY, PROVISIONAL FILINGS; CHAPTER 2; BENEFITS OF HAVING A PATENT PORTFOLIO; WHAT DOES A PATENT DO FOR YOU?; PROTECT ASSETS - EXCLUSIVE RIGHT; PROTECT AND ADD VALUE TO R LICENSING BARGAIN CHIP; DETERRENT EFFECT; VALUATION OF A COMPANY / STOCK PRICE; COMBINING YOUR PATENT PORTFOLIO WITH OTHER TYPES OF IP (COPYRIGHT/TRADE SECRET/TRADEMARK); THE MORE PATENTS, THE BETTER?; NOT ALL PATENTS ARE CREATED EQUAL; ARE PATENTS A COMMODITY?; ARE PATENTS THE COMPANY "CROWN JEWELS"?; HOW CAN YOU TELL THE QUALITY OF A PATENT/PATENT PORTFOLIO?; NUMBER OF PATENTS?; NUMBER OF CLAIMS?; LENGTH OF PATENT?; LENGTH OF CLAIMS?; NUMBER OF CITATIONS?; CHAPTER 3. HOW TO CREATE A PATENT PORTFOLIO; DOING THINGS RIGHT FROM THE START; AGREEMENTS; OWNERSHIP; WHAT IS PATENTABLE?; INTRO - ANYTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN; "TRADITIONAL" INVENTIONS; "NON-TRADITIONAL" INVENTIONS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; PATENTING IN THE UNITED STATES; INTRO - PATENTING IN THE U.S. VS. PATENT ELSEWHERE; ONE YEAR RULE; NEW DEVELOPMENTS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; PATENTING INTERNATIONALLY; PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT); EUROPEAN UNION PATENTS; OTHER COUNTRIES; STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; PORTFOLIO BUILDING STRATEGIES; STEPS TO BUILDING A STRATEGY FROM SCRATCH; SELECTING APPROPRIATE COUNSEL; PATENT CLAIMING STRATEGY; COST CONTAINMENT; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 4.. HOW TO USE A PATENT PORTFOLIO; CREATING INVESTMENT VALUE; WHAT INVESTORS LOOK FOR; ATTRACTING CAPITAL; IP DUE DILIGENCE; PATENTED POSITION VS. FREEDOM TO OPERATE; DECIDING ON AN EXPLOITATION STRATEGY; EXCLUSIONARY; LICENSING; IMPLEMENTATION; DEFENSIVE USES OF PATENT PORTFOLIOS; BLOCKING PATENTS; DETERRENT EFFECT; BARGAINING CHIPS; OTHER USE; APPENDICES; TOP TEN IP RULES FOR A COMPANY; SAMPLE INVENTION DISCLOSURE FORM; SAMPLE IP POLICY MANUAL; STRATEGY DIAGRAMS; PYRAMID; "LIFE CYCLE"; PICKET FENCE