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A Patently Risky Business

Because patent attorneys charge many thousands of dollars to prepare and file a patent application, some people with the next bright idea opt for the "poor person’s patent" (call it the three Ps), which is simply to write up a patent-like description and send it to themselves by registered mail or to pay a notary public to seal it in an envelope.

According to Kirk Teska, author of Patent Savvy for Managers: Spot & Protect Valuable Innovations in Your Company, the inventor is usually better off saving the postage or notary fees because such an approach is more often than not useless.

By Guy Kawasaki

Full Story: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2008/08/a-patently-risk.html

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