Protect your innovations. Outmaneuver the competition. AI is reshaping entire industries at breakneck speed. One thing hasn't changed: if you leave your ideas unprotected, someone else will use them-and profit. AI Patent Playbook is a concise, practical guide to turning cutting-edge AI innovations into valuable IP assets that drive growth and competitive advantage. Written by Michael Fainberg-a patent attorney with an engineering background and 25 years at the intersection of tech, business, and law-the author draws on real-world experience managing over 2,000 IP assets worldwide for leading tech companies and securing more than 1,500 U.S. patents, including 200+ on AI-related technologies, to deliver proven, actionable strategies for protecting your IP and translating cutting-edge ideas into market traction and enterprise value.Inside, you'll learn how to: Define AI innovation precisely across rule-based systems, transformers, diffusion, multimodal, and agentic/compound systems-so it can be protected.Use the full IP toolbox together (patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks) and avoid common protection pitfalls.Draft and prosecute enforceable AI patents that clear §101/Alice hurdles, withstand examination, and map to real commercial value.Navigate the global patent boom-where and why filings are surging-and what OpenAI, Google, and others reveal about what works (and what fails).Scale from one strong patent to a portfolio and monetize it via licensing, partnerships, enforcement, and strategic transactions.The result is a step-by-step playbook-from invention harvesting and application drafting to global strategy and monetization-for innovators who want IP that actually moves the needle.For technical founders, product leaders, in-house counsel, and CEOs preparing for the next round, this is the go-to guide to convert AI breakthroughs into valuable, defensible assets.