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What is a Defensive Publication?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

An effective defensive publication<\/a> is just what it sounds like: the publication of a disclosure that does not provide the publisher with patent protection but does offer defensive benefits, such as the formation of prior art against others as of the date of publication.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Draft a Defensive Publication?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The following text contains seven elements of an effective defensive publication.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The human ability to constantly churn out creativity, attack problems with novel solutions, and even come up with solutions before identifying the problem is astounding. Brilliant ideas are all around us, but they must be recorded. Moreover, the best are the ones that are monetizable. Above all, intellectual property must be safeguarded. In general, a patent is the most effective way to accomplish this.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The novel idea is approved by the USPTO<\/a> (in the United States), and the owner obtains exclusive rights to market and profit from the invention. However, not every idea can become a patent<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Patent Limitations<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Cost is an obvious barrier, perhaps more so for a large company than for an individual inventor with one or two designs. The patenting process requires money for attorney fees, provisional and\/or complete application fees, filing fees, and maintenance fees. If there are any flaws in the process, such as poor due diligence, poor timing, poor writing, and so on, litigation costs may be incurred. The cost of pursuit reflects complexity as well. Patenting a design concept for a doorstop is likely to be thousands of dollars less expensive than developing a new virtual reality application. Depending on fees and complexity, a single patent application can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $16,000*. Any legal action reduces tens of thousands of dollars to pennies.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another barrier is time. All things considered; a smooth patenting process could take three years. It’s a race to be the very first inventor to file, get the intellectual property patented, and be first to market.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Both private and public organizations have entire subject matter and legal expert review teams entirely devoted to determining an invention’s patentability. Only a select few are granted that status due to cost, viability, or time constraints. What happens to the rest of the IP?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Opportunities for Defensive Publication<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The remaining IP goes into defensive publication. The lack of a patent does not imply a lack of protection. Defensive publishing makes the innovations available to the public. It is a low-cost intellectual property strategy that involves disclosing components of the invention so that it becomes prior art, preventing others from patenting your invention. Furthermore, when an invention disclosure is submitted for publication, the content is made public in days, if not hours, rather than years. A published technical disclosure, for a consistent price of a few hundred dollars, provides tactics to:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n