e-Patent Strategies for Software, e-Commerce, the Internet,...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 224 pages
• Published by: Lbi Law & Business Institute February 21, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0966143787
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0966143782
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Intellectual Property Rights News, vol. 2 no. 3
"a field manual for the intellectual property strategist to start thinking and acting"

Book Description
This book is an all new companion volume to the popular "Patent Strategies for Business", third edition, by the same author. This new book has chapters about e-Patents, i-Patents, and service patents, including new rules to invent software and Internet applications (and to patent the result), current legal developments, intellectual property audits, related forecasts of trends in technology and business, and case studies of the finance of technology businesses. A must read for the CEO, General Counsel, Director of e-Commerce, Venture Capitalist, M & A analyst, investor, or Chief Technology Officer of any dot.com, or e-commerce project.

Reader Reviews
When considering this book be aware that it is a supplement to the author's book titled "Patent Strategies for Business" to which frequent references are made. That said, this book is still a valuable resource without "Patent Strategies for Business", which I have not read. What I like about this book is the number of real and hypothetical case studies, with well written legal analysis interwoven into the narrative. Much of the book is written in the ponderous legalese you'd expect from such a book, and this is necessary to ensure that there is no ambiguity communicated when legal points are made. However, there is also a lot of plain talk and common sense imparted, which makes this book readable by lay persons. I personally gained a lot of excellent information from the book, including the fact that patents can be driven by legal as well as technology and marketing strategies. What this means is existing products can be modified with the advice of patent attorneys to be patentable and a part of a company's patent portfolio. This is an interesting and unique approach, and can (and should) be the basis for increasing a company's value. Also excellent are the chapters that address updating existing products and services for the Internet, making them possibly patentable, and chapter 8's excellent set of steps for intellectual property audits. Overall, with or without the primary book ("Patent Strategies for Business"), this is must reading for any business, small or large, that wants to capitalize on potential intellectual property assets to increase their net worth and value. It is also an excellent and thought-provoking read for strategic planners. I rate it at five solid stars for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the plethora of ideas the book generated and the clarification of some issues and factors related to services patents that I was researching.