Inventing For Dummies
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Inventing For Dummies

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eBook - ePub

Inventing For Dummies

About this book

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

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Information

Publisher
For Dummies
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780764542312
eBook ISBN
9781118053355
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I : Making Your Idea Yours
  5. Chapter 1: The Innovation Process
  6. Chapter 2: Patent Basics
  7. Chapter 3: Conducting a Patent Search
  8. Chapter 4: Applying For and Receiving Your Patent
  9. Chapter 5: Maintaining and Defending Your Patent
  10. Part II : Securing Other Intellectual Property
  11. Chapter 6: Trademarks and Trade Secrets
  12. Chapter 7: Stopping Copycats with a Copyright
  13. Chapter 8: Mum’s the Word: Keeping It Confidential
  14. Part III : Developing Your Idea
  15. Chapter 9: Prototyping: Making It Work
  16. Chapter 10: Hiring Helpers and Working with Work-for-Hire Agreements
  17. Chapter 11: Evaluating Your Invention’s Potential
  18. Chapter 12: Looking at the Production Process
  19. Part IV : Commercializing Your Invention
  20. Chapter 13: Developing a Business Plan
  21. Chapter 14: Finding Funding
  22. Chapter 15: Keeping Control with Your Own Business
  23. Chapter 16: Partnering and Manufacturing Arrangements
  24. Chapter 17: Preparing to Take Your Invention to Market
  25. Chapter 18: Marketing Your Product
  26. Chapter 19: Advertising Your Product
  27. Chapter 20: Licensing Your Product
  28. Chapter 21: Negotiating a License
  29. Part V : The Part of Tens
  30. Chapter 22: Ten Key Contacts
  31. Chapter 23: Ten Inventions (and Inventors) That Changed the World
  32. Chapter 24: Ten Inventors to Emulate
  33. Part VI : Appendixes
  34. Appendix A: Sample Agreements
  35. Appendix B: Online Resources