Profit from your idea: how to make smart licensing deals

Gearing up to license your invention

Intellectual property protection

Ownership issues for inventor employees

Invention financing and joint ownership

Licensing agents and representatives

Soliciting potential licensees

Protecting confidential information

The key elements of your agreement

Money: it matters

Negotiating your agreement

Sample agreement

Warranties, indemnification, and proprietary rights provisions

Termination and post-termination

Boilerplate and standard provisions

Service provisions

Dealing with the licensee's agreement

After you sign the agreement

Help beyond this book.