Patent Savvy for Managers

Your Legal Companion

1. No Guarantees ... and Other Patent Principles

• Patent Principles
• Patent Myths
• Comparing Lifecycles: Patent and Product
• A Word on Patent Management

2. Does Four Include Three?

• Case Studies You Can Understand
• Gillette v. Schick: Does Four Include Three?
• John Deere v. Toro: Control Means What?
• Amazon.com v. Barnes & Noble: You Can't Have It Both Ways
• The Case of the Unintelligible Dog Chew Patent

3. Anything Under the Sun (Made by Man): What's Patentable?

• What's Patentable?
• Key Standards: New and Unobvious
• Reinventing the Wheel: Improvements and New Uses
• Should You Patent It?

4. The Claim Game: How to Read a Patent

• Anatomy of a Patent
• The Claim Game
• What a Patent Doesn't Tell You

5. What to Do When Your Candy Bar Melts: Capturing Patents

• Patent Policies and Ownership
• Trade Secret Considerations
• Documentation
• Patent Committees

6. The Long and Winding Road to "Patent Pending"

• Playing the Claim Game: Part Two
• To Search or Not to Search?
• Things to Keep in Mind About Patent Searching
• The Patentability Study
• The Patent Application
• The Provisional Patent Application

7. The Good Shepherd: Patent Prosecution and Management

• Hurry Up and Wait
• Dealing With Rejection
• How Much Should You Say During Prosecution?
• How Costs Mount Up During Prosecution
• Post-Prosecution Activity
• Management and Tracking

8. The Worldwide Patent Party

• The One-Year Rule: How It Affects Foreign Patent Filing
• How Do You File Outside the U.S.?
• Where and When Should You File?
• Foreign Patent Budgeting: The Robot
• The Running Tab: What a Typical U.S. and Foreign Filing Might Cost

9. Live and Let Die: The Exhausting Effects of Patent Litigation

• The Battle Over the BlackBerry
• The Claim Game: Part Three
• The BlackBerry: From Application to Trial
• The BlackBerry: Judgment and Reexamination
• Post-Trial: The Never-ending Story
• What Did NTP Do Right?
• What Did RIM Do Wrong?
• Common Lessons for All Litigation
• What to Expect in Patent Litigation

10. Caveat Emptor: Buying and Licensing Patents

• Determining Patent Value
• Do You Really Need the Patent?
• Assignment or License?
• Licensing a Patent
• Buying a Patent

G. Patent Glossary

I. Index