Entrepreneurs seeking protection for their ideas and inventions should understand the costs and risks involved--and first determine how a patent aligns with their business strategy.
After spending three years in law school, the complicated jargon in legal documents started to make sense and navigating a complex court system no longer seemed intimidating. But none of my training equipped me for the long and frustrating process of pursuing a U.S. patent as a young entrepreneur.
In 2004, I decided to pursue a patent for the adaptive technology behind the bar exam prep program I developed after my third year of law school. The software, which automatically adjusts to students’ strengths and weaknesses, is unlike any other program on the market--so I assumed the patent approval process would be fairly straightforward.
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