The Top 5 low cost patent and IP strategies that most people don’t know about or use. May of these patent and IP strategy are free or low cost. The list includes: the “circle C” copyright marking, the “TM” trademark marking, patent pending marking, using published patent applications in marketing and selectively splitting a patent application into multiple patent applications or patents to increase the value of your patent portfolio. These, free, cheap and low cost patent and IP strategies are a MUST for any startup.