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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 it
Connect with Austin
https://bondererpatents.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-bonderer-a0b08b3/
Connect with Becky on CoachFinder
https://coachfinder.ai/coaches/becky-hayman
The Searchlight is a weekly briefing on leadership, venture, and building in the age of AI. Every Friday.https://thesearchlight.com/subscribe
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:06 - The Real Reason Patents Exist
02:01 - Why China Was Forced to Embrace Intellectual Property
03:00 - Inside Foxconn: Lessons from Apple's iPhone Supplier
06:03 - The #1 Mistake That KILLS Inventions Instantly
06:41 - WARNING: Your NDA is a Legally Worthless Trap
07:43 - Why Methods Are Easier to Patent Than Products
08:33 - How Aspirin & Botox Hacked the Patent System
10:40 - Execution vs. Idea: What a Top Lawyer REALLY Believes
13:44 - My Secret to an Undefeated Patent Appeal Record
15:31 - The Shocking Truth of How Long a Patent ACTUALLY Takes
18:22 - "TOAST": How the Supreme Court Annihilated Software Patents
25:10 - Why VCs and Big Tech REFUSE to Sign Your NDA
29:23 - How "Patent Trolls" Brought BlackBerry to Its Knees
33:38 - Apple vs. Samsung: Inside the "Mutually Assured Destruction" Patent Wars
36:56 - The Global Patent Trap: Your US Patent is Worthless Overseas
41:28 - The Billion-Dollar Idea I Invented But Never Patented
43:52 - Are Patents Hurting or Helping Innovation? The Final Verdict
46:51 - Rapid Fire: Underrated Advice, Weirdest Patent & More
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By Horizon SearchThey’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 it
Connect with Austin
https://bondererpatents.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-bonderer-a0b08b3/
Connect with Becky on CoachFinder
https://coachfinder.ai/coaches/becky-hayman
The Searchlight is a weekly briefing on leadership, venture, and building in the age of AI. Every Friday.https://thesearchlight.com/subscribe
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:06 - The Real Reason Patents Exist
02:01 - Why China Was Forced to Embrace Intellectual Property
03:00 - Inside Foxconn: Lessons from Apple's iPhone Supplier
06:03 - The #1 Mistake That KILLS Inventions Instantly
06:41 - WARNING: Your NDA is a Legally Worthless Trap
07:43 - Why Methods Are Easier to Patent Than Products
08:33 - How Aspirin & Botox Hacked the Patent System
10:40 - Execution vs. Idea: What a Top Lawyer REALLY Believes
13:44 - My Secret to an Undefeated Patent Appeal Record
15:31 - The Shocking Truth of How Long a Patent ACTUALLY Takes
18:22 - "TOAST": How the Supreme Court Annihilated Software Patents
25:10 - Why VCs and Big Tech REFUSE to Sign Your NDA
29:23 - How "Patent Trolls" Brought BlackBerry to Its Knees
33:38 - Apple vs. Samsung: Inside the "Mutually Assured Destruction" Patent Wars
36:56 - The Global Patent Trap: Your US Patent is Worthless Overseas
41:28 - The Billion-Dollar Idea I Invented But Never Patented
43:52 - Are Patents Hurting or Helping Innovation? The Final Verdict
46:51 - Rapid Fire: Underrated Advice, Weirdest Patent & More