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Developing a Patent Strategy is an authoritative, insiders perspective on best practices for successfully managing patents within todays legal and economic environment. Featuring partners and chairs from leading law firms across the nation, these experts guide the reader through the patent process, with tips for crafting effective patents, navigating the filing and examination system, maintaining or extending patents, preventing infringement, and collaborating with the USPTO. These top lawyers reveal their strategies for dealing with international patents, patent portfolios, provisional patents, and the patent prosecution highway. Additionally, these leaders discuss recent trends in the intellectual property arena and the impact of key patent laws and cases, such as In re Bilski. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this dynamic field. |