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They’re coming for your idea.Before you’ve even built a prototype, before you’ve written a single line of code, corporate giants and patent trolls are laying landmines designed to seize your life’s work. That NDA you think is protecting you? It could be worthless.In this episode, we interview Austin Bonderer — a patent attorney listed on nearly 700 patents who has never lost an appeal to the patent board. He’s a former patent examiner and worked with tech giant Foxconn in China, seeing firsthand how the global innovation war is fought.Discover:🟢 Why NDAs often fail and what to do instead🟢 How patent trolls destroy startups and how to avoid them🟢 When to patent, where to patent, and how fast you need to move🟢 What happens when someone steals your idea and wins🟢 How big tech uses patents as weapons, and what founders can learn from itConnect with Austin:https://bondererpatents.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-bonderer-a0b08b3/Connect with Becky on CoachFinder:https://coachfinder.ai/coaches/becky-hayman🔗 Save hours with top business hacks every Friday:https://thesearchlight.com/subscribeTimestamps:00:00 - Intro01:06 - The Real Reason Patents Exist02:01 - Why China Was Forced to Embrace Intellectual Property03:00 - Inside Foxconn: Lessons from Apple's iPhone Supplier06:03 - The #1 Mistake That KILLS Inventions Instantly06:41 - WARNING: Your NDA is a Legally Worthless Trap07:43 - Why Methods Are Easier to Patent Than Products08:33 - How Aspirin & Botox Hacked the Patent System10:40 - Execution vs. Idea: What a Top Lawyer REALLY Believes13:44 - My Secret to an Undefeated Patent Appeal Record15:31 - The Shocking Truth of How Long a Patent ACTUALLY Takes18:22 - "TOAST": How the Supreme Court Annihilated Software Patents25:10 - Why VCs and Big Tech REFUSE to Sign Your NDA29:23 - How "Patent Trolls" Brought BlackBerry to Its Knees33:38 - Apple vs. Samsung: Inside the "Mutually Assured Destruction" Patent Wars36:56 - The Global Patent Trap: Your US Patent is Worthless Overseas41:28 - The Billion-Dollar Idea I Invented But Never Patented43:52 - Are Patents Hurting or Helping Innovation? The Final Verdict46:51 - Rapid Fire: Underrated Advice, Weirdest Patent & More#PatentLaw #IntellectualProperty #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Founder #Innovation #Tech #BusinessStrategy #Invention #NDA #LegalAdvice #ProtectYourIdea #TechLaw #Startuplife #TheBDPodcast
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