Inventing For Dummies (eBook)

Pamela Riddle Bird (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011 | 1. Auflage
384 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-05335-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Full coverage of the ins and outs of inventing for profit

Protect your idea, develop a product - and start your
business!

Did you have a great idea? Did you do anything about it? Did
someone else? Inventing For Dummies is the smart and easy way to
turn your big idea into big money. This non-intimidating guide
covers every aspect of the invention process - from developing your
idea, to patenting it, to building a prototype, to starting your
own business.

The Dummies Way

* Explanations in plain English

* "Get in, get out" information

* Icons and other navigational aids

* Tear-out cheat sheet

* Top ten lists

* A dash of humor and fun

Discover how to:

* Conduct a patent search

* Maintain your intellectual property rights

* Build a prototype product

* Determine production costs

* Develop a unique brand

* License your product to another company

Autor

Pamela Riddle Bird, PhD is the founder and CEO of Innovative Product Technologies, a Florida-based company that assists inventors in marketing their inventions.

Inhalt

Foreword.

Introduction.

Part I: Making Your Idea Yours.

Chapter 1: The Innovation Process.

Chapter 2: Patent Basics.

Chapter 3: Conducting a Patent Search.

Chapter 4: Applying For and Receiving Your Patent.

Chapter 5: Maintaining and Defending Your Patent.

Part II: Securing Other Intellectual Property.

Chapter 6: Trademarks and Trade Secrets.

Chapter 7: Stopping Copycats with a Copyright.

Chapter 8: Mum's the Word: Keeping it Confidential.

Part III: Developing Your Idea.

Chapter 9: Prototyping: Making It Work.

Chapter 10: Hiring Helpers and Working with Work-for-Hire
Agreements.

Chapter 11: Evaluating Your Invention's Potential.

Chapter 12: Looking at the Production Process.

Part IV: Commercializing Your Invention.

Chapter 13: Developing a Business Plan.

Chapter 14: Finding Funding.

Chapter 15: Keeping Control with Your Own Business.

Chapter 16: Partnering and Manufacturing Arrangements.

Chapter 17: Preparing to Take Your Invention to Market.

Chapter 18: Marketing Your Product.

Chapter 19: Advertising Your Product.

Chapter 20: Licensing Your Product.

Chapter 21: Negotiating a License.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 22: Ten Key Contacts.

Chapter 23: Ten Inventions (and Inventors) That Changed the
World.

Chapter 24: Ten Inventors to Emulate.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Sample Agreements.

Appendix B: Online Resources.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2011
• Vorwort: Forrest M. Bird
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • Geistiges Eigentum u. Lizenzen • Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz • Intellectual Property Law • Intellectual Property, Licensing • Klein- u. mittelständische Unternehmen u. Existenzgründung • Klein- u. mittelständische Unternehmen u. Existenzgründung • Law • Rechtswissenschaft • Small Business & Entrepreneurship • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 1-118-05335-4 / 1118053354
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-05335-5 / 9781118053355