How to Protect Your Ideas Before Spending Money on a Patent
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When you have a new idea learn the right way to protect yourself. Mailing an idea to yourself in a postmarked letter doesn’t work.
This guidebook takes you through the true methods to protect your ideas. Based on 24 years of experience, the easy to read guidebook takes you through the important step-by-step procedures.
You'll discover:
* Protection - How to protect your idea before spending money on a patent.
* Patentability - What's patentable and what's not.
* Timing - When to file before you lose all your rights.
* Costs - Current patent costs and maintenance fees schedule.
* Filing - What you'll need to file for a Utility patent and Design patent.
* Provisional - How and when to use Provisional Patent Applications (PPA).
* Attorneys - Where to find good patent attorneys.
* Trademarks - When you should register a trademarks, how they add value, how to file, and how long they last.
* Copyrights - The types of products a copyright protects, how to file, and how long the protection lasts.
* And much more.
Matthew Yubas
Matthew Yubas is a Certified Professional Marketing Consultant for the Small Business Development and International Trade Center. He has developed products for 24 years as an Engineer, Product Manager, and Consultant for startups, small business, and Fortune 500 companies. He has helped clients in a diverse number of industries that include photography equipment, auto accessories, soy candles, children's clothing, sporting goods, digital art, software applications, wireless devices, and home décor. Matthew is the author of several articles, kits, and books including "Product Idea to Product Success" which has been used by inventors, entrepreneurs, colleges, government agencies, and sold into 14 countries. He has been featured on television and radio and has been tapped for his expertise in bringing products to market in many syndicated publications. Matthew earned a B.S. in Engineering from Pennsylvania Spring Garden College in Philadelphia, and an M.B.A. In Management and Marketing from San Diego State University.
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How to Protect Your Ideas Before Spending Money on a Patent - Matthew Yubas
How to Protect Your Ideas Before Spending Money on a Patent
Matthew Yubas
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Author Website: www.ProductCoach.com
Matthew Yubas is a Certified Professional Marketing Consultant for the Small Business Development and International Trade Center. He has developed and marketed products for over 24 years as an engineer, product manager, and independent consultant for startups, small business, and Fortune 500 companies.
He has launched new products such as software applications, wireless devices, and websites. In addition, he has helped clients in a diverse number of industries that include photography equipment, auto accessories, soy candles, children's clothing, sporting goods, digital art, and home décor.
As an entrepreneur, he was a co-founder of a software company that developed one of the first personal information management software products. Matthew earned a B.S. in Engineering from Pennsylvania Spring Garden College in Philadelphia, and an M.B.A. in Management from San Diego State University.
He has been a professional member of the Inventors Forum, Licensing Executives Society, and Product Development & Management Association.
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