Here is a phone interview with Craige Thompson from Austin, Texas.
Craige is a Patent Attorney since the year 2000, and before that, he worked for 10 years as a professional engineer in electronics design.
Craige has written a very practical book, the “Patent Offense: 7 Steps to a Safe, Secure Patent Portfolio”. You can purchase it here.
Craige and I had a friendly chat over the phone when we started to speak about the America Invent Act 2013. I asked him whether we can switch on recording and he said yes, and what you hear in the following is our 20-minutes talk: click this link.
00:50 The AIA 2013 came into force
04:50 How to best secure IP rights for a series of inventive concepts in a product development cycle
07:00 The Seven Step process for new inventions
11:00 Patent strategy in the US for capturing improvements of an invention after filing the first patent
14:45 Solving disputes with creative licensing
16:00 Potential disadvantages of a cumulative patent filing strategy and to counter them
19:30 Patents for business methods
Craige Thompson´s firm Thompson Patent Law
Thompson Patent Law on Facebook
Thompson Patent Law on LinkedIn
Martin Schweiger´s personal webpage
Martin Schweiger´s firm Schweiger & Partners
Martin Schweiger on Facebook
Schweiger & Partners Singapore on Facebook
Schweiger & Partners Munich on Facebook
Schweiger & Partners on LinkedIn
