fordsnake
I live for the CABE
Here's an interesting excerpt from an online business blog; A patent is only as good as your ability to fight for it. The patent office does not help you, except to provide a service to prove that you patented your device on a particular date. You fight your opponent in court at your own expense. Your chance of winning is not assured because there are many slippery ways around the patent laws.
So you may have paid lots of money getting a patent, set your marketing back several years because of secrecy and STILL not be able to prevent competition. In fact, you spend even more money (and time) trying to defend the undefendable.
Patents are an exceptionally bad idea for innovators with limited funds. Often Patents are 'stolen' and used without the innovators concent because the thief knows that the innovator does not have the money to take them to court.
So you may have paid lots of money getting a patent, set your marketing back several years because of secrecy and STILL not be able to prevent competition. In fact, you spend even more money (and time) trying to defend the undefendable.
Patents are an exceptionally bad idea for innovators with limited funds. Often Patents are 'stolen' and used without the innovators concent because the thief knows that the innovator does not have the money to take them to court.