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by Jeffrey Schox (Author)
The first edition of this book was written by Jeffrey Schox for his course "Patent Law and Strategy for Innovators and Entrepreneurs" at Stanford University. After an introduction to intellectual property, it explores the patent system, the requirements for a patent, infringement, and inventorship and ownership issues. The second edition included the America Invents Act ("AIA"), which transformed the U.S. patent system from a "first-to-invent" system to a "first-inventor-to-file" system. The third edition added a glossary and general edits. The fourth edition includes five additional cases: KSR (Supreme Court 2007), Stanford v. Roche (Supreme Court 2011), Prometheus (Supreme Court 2012), Nautilus (Supreme Court 2014), and Limelight (Fed. Cir. 2015).
Author Biography
Jeffrey Schox is the founding member of Schox Patent Group, a boutique law firm that builds patent portfolios for startups. He has filed over 1,000 patent applications and has represented over 300 early stage startups and a few later stage startups, including Google, Facebook, and Dropbox. In addition to founding one of the fastest growing law firms in the United States, Jeff teaches at both Stanford Law School and Stanford Engineering School, and mentors for several top incubators, including Y Combinator. He is also an active angel investor with 50 early stage startup investments.
