[FREE WEBINAR]Webinar replay, recorded April 7, 2023
Learn how to tap into the power of exclusionary patent rights and build a patent moat around your startup's key features, so you stay ahead in a competitive SaaS market.
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A patent moat is a set of patents around a company's key features that makes them hard for competitors to copy. Like the moat around a castle, it does not stop competitors from existing. It stops them from crossing into the space your product owns, because a patent gives you the right to exclude others from making, using or selling what it claims.
| Moat | What protects you | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|
| Patent moat | A legal right to exclude copies of the claimed invention | Generally 20 years from filing for each utility patent |
| Network effects | Each new user makes the product more valuable | As long as users stay |
| Data | Proprietary data competitors cannot gather | As long as the data stays unique |
| Brand | Customers trust and choose the name | As long as the reputation holds, helped by a trademark |
| Switching costs | Customers find it costly to move | Until a rival makes moving easy |
The patent moat is the only one on the list you can enforce in court. The strongest companies stack several.
Investors ask what stops a larger company from copying you once you prove the market. Filed and granted patents on the core features are a concrete answer, and they add to the value of the company in a financing or an acquisition. Read the benefits of patent protection most founders miss.
No. A single narrow patent is easy to design around, and a patent is only as strong as its claims. A real moat combines well-drafted patents with the other moats above, and the patents need to cover the features that actually drive revenue. See planning a patent portfolio strategy.
A lasting advantage that protects a company's profits from competitors, the way a moat protects a castle. Patents, network effects, data, brand and switching costs are the common kinds.
Yes, when its key features involve a new technical process, such as how data is processed, synced or secured. The subscription model itself cannot be patented, but the technology that delivers it often can.
There is no set number. What matters is that the patents cover the features customers pay for, their variations and the obvious workarounds, which usually means several applications filed over time.
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In the United States alone, IP-intensive industries contribute $7.8 trillion to the country’s GDP and support approximately 63 million jobs. Yet, most inventors and…
A patent portfolio strategy is a business plan to develop valuable patents, protect your technology, and profit from it. Here is how to build one, from selecting inventions to continuations, audits, and investor due diligence.
U.S. R&D spending reached $937 billion in 2023, and businesses fund about three-quarters of it, primarily driven by companies’ confidence that patents will protect their investments.
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