Intellectual Property For Business Owners


Whether you’re an inventor or a baker, there’s a good chance you have some sort of intellectual property connected to your business. In this course, patent lawyer Tom Lees explains what intellectual property is, what tools (patents, trademarks and copyrights) you can use to protect your IP, and how IP can be leveraged, from seeking investment to marketing online.



Tom Lees,

Patent Lawyer, Law Office of Tom Lees

Law Professor, University of Dayton


Tom is an expert on U.S. and foreign patent matters including patentability, infringement, clearance and validity opinions. His practice focuses on the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications, intellectual property portfolio management and intellectual property portfolio growth. His services include trademark counseling, trademark prosecution, copyright counseling, licensing, contract negotiation, trade secret counseling, and patent and trademark litigation support.

Tom focuses primarily in the software and electrical arts, working with clients that range from entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 companies.

He is also an open source advocate, providing client counseling on open source issues. In this regard, Tom assists clients in building open source compliance programs, performing software developer training, dealing with open source legal issues in foreign and domestic jurisdictions, and providing education on effective strategies for integration and use of open source licensed software.

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