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A step-by-step program for taking your idea from inception through the licensing to a manufacturer for royalties. Includes over $8,000 worth of contracts and agreements. Illustrated workbook.
A step-by-step process for taking a new idea from inception through the licensing to a manufacturer for royalties. Includes S80,000 worth of contracts and agreements.
This Book Is For Inventors, Not Marketers!
It was developed specifically to show inventors a simple, effective way to sell the rights to their inventions to interested companies for royalties so they can get back to what they're good at...Inventing!
Some of the things you'll learn from the materials are:
* How to protect your ideas and inventions using Patents,
Trademarks, Copyrights, and other legal instruments.
* How to determine if you're ready to offer your idea or if it
still needs more work.
* How to find manufacturers who are interested in your ideas and
how to approach them.
* How the licensing process really works and if it's the best way
to handle your inventions.
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Mike Rounds and Nancy Miller have been presenting seminars for the past 8 years. As a patented inventor, and former director of engineering for a Fortune 500 Company, Mike gained the inside knowledge of what companies were looking for from outside inventors. With her business background, Nancy worked with Mike in developing this practical, step-by-step approach. They are members of the National Speakers Association. Rounds, Miller and Associates continues to help people solicit the marketplace to find licensee's for their inventions.
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CHAPTER 1 -- TIPS FOR INVENTORS
Going Public
CHAPTER 2 -- COVER YOUR ASSETS
Trade Secrets
Confidentiality or Non-Disclosure Agreements
Poor Man's Patent
Disclosure Document Program
Date of Discovery
Notary
CHAPTER 3 -- PATENTS
Patent Attorneys vs. Patent Agents
Novelty Search
Patent Library
Provisional Patent Application
Patents
Types of Patents
Renewable or Variations, etc.
Processing Time
Registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
Patent Applied For, and Patent Pending
What is Granted
Do You Really Want a Patent
Consumer Acceptance vs. Patents
On-Line Sources for Patents
CHAPTER 4 -- TRADEMARKS
Filing a Trademark
Trademark Marks
Infringement
Deceptively Similar
Trademark Graveyard
On-Line Sources for Trademarks
CHAPTER 5 -- COPYRIGHTS
Infringement
Not Eligible for Copyrights
Derivative Work
Copyright Notice Elements
Fair Use
Work-Made-For-Hire
Getting Permission To Use Material
Filing A Copyright
On-Line and Additional Copyright Sources
Sample Letter For Requesting Permission to Use Excerpted Material
CHAPTER 6 -- ARE YOU MARKET-READY?
CHAPTER 7 -- HOW TO MAKE A SOLICITATION
Step 1: Directory
Step 2: Using the Directory
Step 2 1/2 Telephoning
Step 3: Cover Letter
Sample Caution Statement
Step 4: The Solicitation Package
Step 4.1: Caution
Step 4.2: Description
Sample Description
Step 4.3: Photographs
Step 5: Mailing
Step 6: Telephone Follow Up
Sample Telephone Follow Up Form
CHAPTER 8 -- ROYALTIES AND LICENSING AGREEMENTS
What Kind of a Royalty and How Much?
Special Contract Clauses
Description of Licensing Agreement
CHAPTER 9 -- SAMPLE FORMS AND AGREEMENTS
Description of Assignment of Copyright
Description of Assignment of Trademark
Description of Assignment of Patent
Description of Contingent Commitment Agreement
Description of Non-Disclosure Agreement
Description of Work-For-Hire
CHAPTER 10 -- SOURCES AND RESOUCES
Index
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