Profit From Your Idea: How to Make Smart Licensing Deals

Everything you need to license your invention

You’ve got a great idea and you’re ready to strike it rich. But finding a company you can trust, hashing out a fair licensing deal, then watching your idea hit the marketplace—well, you’ll need help.

Profit From Your Idea will help you negotiate and draft a licensing agreement that best protects your interests. With this all-in-one guide you’ll understand how to:

• navigate the licensing landscape
• protect your intellectual property rights
• resolve inventor-employee ownership issues
• work with licensing agents
• protect confidential information
• find potential licensees
• license overseas
• reveal your invention safely, and
• negotiate and update an agreement.

The 9th edition is completely updated with current licensing law and patent rules, and covers the implications of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.