Sep 10, 2020
Leigh Rothschild has been
inventing and filing for new patents since his teenage years and
now has at least 130 patents to his name, mostly technology
patents, with about 200 more pending approval. In this
podcast he discusses his own entrepreneurship development and
today's patent process.
He discusses
In addition to putting his
entrepreneurship skills to use through inventions like the
technology at the center of Qmage, Inc., Leigh Rothschild also
founded a firm called Patent Asset Management. He discusses his
years as an inventor and the vast accumulation of patent knowledge
he has accumulated in the meantime. He offers listeners solid
information about the process of patent applications and how to
make the most of your patents.
For example, he explains the three ways he's been able to monetize
patents: by selling patents to companies around the world, like
Apple; by starting businesses that utilize his patents; and by
looking for potential licensees for his current patents—in other
words, finding people using and/or infringing on them—and getting
them to license and pay for them.
This last effort extended into
him setting up an organization with lawyers and staff to monitor
his patents and their uses and licenses and to advise others on
making their entrepreneurship ideas a patented reality. He explains
the logistics of patent filing for listeners as well as various
legislation that has made it easier for others to target and
challenge patents.
He feels that the U.S. is in fact one of the most patent-unfriendly
countries in the world due to legislation in the past few years as
well as a Supreme Court case that allowed federal circuit courts to
void patents if they think they were given unfairly. He describes
ways to work with these challenges and how congress needs
legislation to reframe these provisions in a more suitable
way.
For more, see his company's
website at patentmgmt.com
and email him at
leigh@patentmngmt.com.
Available on Apple Podcasts:
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