Discover the Best Books Written by Stephen Key
Stephen Key is an award-winning inventor, renowned intellectual property strategist, lifelong entrepreneur, author, and columnist. He has over 20 patents in his name, and the dozens of concepts he has brought to market have been retailed in Walmart, 7-Eleven, and Disney stores and parks worldwide. Michael Jordan and Alex Trebek have endorsed his patents; he has defended his patents in federal court against the largest toy company in the world, Lego; and he cofounded invent Right to teach others his unique process for harnessing the power of open innovation and the licensing business model. McGraw-Hill has translated one Simple Idea, his bestselling book about how to license an idea, into six languages.
Stephen Key has written over 1,000 articles about intellectual property strategy, product licensing, and entrepreneurship for online publications, including Forbes, Inc., and Entrepreneur. Universities and governmental organizations around the world regularly invite him to teach them inventRight's unique processes for commercializing new product ideas. Key has won over 20 industry awards, including two Edison Awards and the Most Influential and Inspiring Leader Of All Time by the WorldIP Forum in 2022.
In 2018, he was recognized as an AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador. In 2020, he became a founding United States Intellectual Property Alliance member. Currently, he is part of the team responsible for launching a new sustainable packaging innovation that replaces the need to use plastic to carry beverages called Fishbone.