Profit from Your Idea: How to Make Smart Licensing Deals - Softcover

Richard Stim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413307639 ISBN 13: 9781413307634

Publisher: NOLO, 2008

Synopsis

The most complete guide to licensing your idea available! Like most inventors, you dream of striking it rich -- finding a company you can trust, hashing out a fair licensing deal, watching your idea hit the marketplace and then raking in the profits. But where do you find the right company? And how do you draft an agreement that protects your interests? Turn to Profit From Your Idea. This book provides the practical advice and the legal licensing language you need to turn your brainchild into a moneymaker. It helps you understand the licensing process, determine your rights, work with agents effectively, find potential licensees, funding invention licensing, license overseas, show your invention while protecting your work, negotiate a fair licensing deal, draft your own licensing agreement and understand, review and negotiate changes.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Stim specializes in small business, copyright, patents, and trademark issues at Nolo. He practices law in San Francisco and has represented photographers, software developers, crafts people, publishers, musicians, and toy designers. He is the author of many books, including Music Law, and Profit From Your Idea. Stim also produces audiobooks, and performs and records with two bands.

Review

Offers a lot of advice. Stim covers all the essential factors in his book. (Joyce Lain Kennedy 2009-01-01)

Excellent guide for beginners. (R. D. O., Coalinga, CA 2009-01-01)

Gives detailed instructions on working with manufacturers, marketers and distributors, and addresses issues on copyright and trademark laws, ownership, finances and much more. (Baton Rouge Advocate 2009-01-01)

With an array of forms on disk, in combination with the insights of intellectual property attorney Stim, inventors can hold onto the titles and profits of their inventions rather than sell out to companies. (Book News 2009-01-01)

Thorough, accurate and well presented... This book is a tremendous asset for an inventor with the desire and inclination to do it yourself.' As an intellectual property attorney specializing in licensing transactions, I have enjoyed paging through this book and brushing up on a variety of issues, and yes, even learning a thing or two! (Greg S. Weber, Esq. Creative Media Law Group 2009-01-01)

Tells inventors everything they need to know to enter into a solid licensing agreement. (Electronics Now 2009-01-01)

Tells prospective entrepreneurs how to move an idea 'from thought to bought' -- and roughly what inventors can expect to get in a licensing deal. (Los Angeles Times 2009-01-01)

I do believe reading this book is a very good defensive measure and highly recommend it. (George H. Morgan Morgan and Associates 2009-01-01)

Excellent... (San Francisco Chronicle 2009-01-01)

Edition details

• Publisher: NOLO
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1413307639
• ISBN 13: 9781413307634
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 442