
Consider a Spherical Patent: IP and Patenting in Technology Business
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Similarly, 50 years ago, lawyers were the primary providers and managers of
patents and IP. Somewhere along the way, businesspeople realized that there
was serious money to be made in taking control of and becoming the drivers
of IP. ere are now more business-related IP jobs than ever before, ranging
from the IP liaisons that work with inventors and patent attorneys and patent
agents to IP managers, chief IP ocers, nonattorney IP consultants, and licens-
ing professionals. While this transition to a more business-driven IP industry
has not been as comprehensive as it has been ...