Expressing Your Creative Self and Conducting Patent Searches

David B. Goldstein is a management consultant, coach, speaker, and Rich Goldstein's brother! He is also the Originator of the "creative-type" concept and Co-Author of the best-selling book, Creative You: Using Your Personality Type to Thrive, which explores the ways your personality type impacts your creativity and how understanding your own personality can be the key to unlocking your expression.

David is also the Founder of the patent search company, GIC, which has been performing all of the patent searches for Rich Goldstein's firm for more than 20 years. David is an internationally recognized artist and was commissioned by the Pan American Health Organization to create their human rights symbol and speak for World Health Day.

In this episode…

How do inventors see their products? Usually, as the newest, best, and most unique product or software to have ever been created. Behind this is typically the mentality that a similar product does not exist, so if a simple Google search does not show similar items, it's the jackpot.

Having performed thousands of patent searches over the years, David B. Goldstein knows the advantages of hiring a professional. He approaches every search with the mentality that the product already exists—so tries to find it. This helps ensure that he does a thorough enough search to avoid having a client accidentally infringe on other existing patents.

In this week's episode of the Innovations and Breakthroughs Podcast, Rich Goldstein is joined by his brother David B. Goldstein, a management consultant and author, to discuss the benefits of being creative and developing one's artistic talents. They also talk about why you should avoid using Google for your patent searches, David's book and his artwork, and their experience growing up together.