About Software Patents from a Principal Engineer

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Software patents are a much-maligned but important part of being a commercial software engineer. In this video, I explain what software patents are and how to get them. I also talk about what they're used for, and what patent trolls are.
This is based on my 30 years experience as a software engineer at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, etc, and on the 30+ unique patents I've been issued. Note this is NOT legal advice. It's just a description of my experience.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Context and a Disclaimer
02:12 What is a software patent?
03:31 You can read patents, BUT...
04:23 Patent offices
05:34 More details on what and why
06:10 Enforcing patents
08:13 Patent trolls (e.g. SCO)
09:24 What is a good patent prospect
11:28 Public disclosure prevents patenting
12:16 The process in big tech
14:43 Why bother?
15:10 Examples of my patentable work
16:09 Summary
17:04 Wrap-up
www.uspto.gov/patents

Пікірлер: 8

@khoinguyen1535 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing!! ❤

@MrPsycic007 Жыл бұрын

Great insights

@TheDeliberateEngineer Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@TurboMK4 5 ай бұрын

When is it a good time to get a patent? After the pro typos done or before?

@TheDeliberateEngineer 4 ай бұрын

When it's as developed as possible but before any public disclosure. It sucks having to update your patent submission because the design you submitted won't work and you've revised it to one that will

@mac.ignacio Ай бұрын

As software engineer don't look into any of these patents. Companies can sue you over this.

@TheDeliberateEngineer 17 күн бұрын

The only risk I'm aware of is that if you do related work, they can claim you're doing it in a way that infringes the patent, and sue you for damages. Of course, they have to be able to prove it...

@mac.ignacio 17 күн бұрын

@@TheDeliberateEngineer Or you read the patents then join another company that doing the same thing. It happens to me. I love reading patents til I joined this company for medical devices that has the same patent that I was reading before. Then the other company find that out that they will able to sue the company where I am in.