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Filing for a Patent Versus Keeping Your Invention a Trade Secret

Harvard Business Review

Wyeth, a pharmaceutical acquired by Pfizer in 2009, was the sole supplier of Premarin. Insiders know it as Merchandise 7X. Budget constraints and the costs for filing a patent force a smart evaluation of your options. Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876 as United States Patent No.