PoopMachine
Well-Known Member
I know it amuses some of you but I think this just shows what a slipping hold individualism has on the world.
I mean he tried to take a patent out on these which he is allowed to do. Normally this would mean only he could produce the product or license it out for a number of years. Which is the perk of being the first to come up with an idea/invention/innovation.
And now because the world waits for no man and there are furnaces waiting to make money on a new style that perk gets restricted in the global marketplace of knockoffs.
In my opinion individualism and globalism will come to a head.
Not necessarily a bad thing, although it is very sad.
In the future I expect the patent office to also be the licensing office with the prices set by either the government or the inventor.
That way individual freedoms are still protected and everyone can use the new creation without shortchanging the inventor. It will take some decision making out of it where you could also deny your product to someone, but I think they would rather be paid than not.
Of course there is no reason why things must go that way.
The biggest obstacle, unscrupulous business men, would not be removed, so there would still be knockoffs.
Maybe once all nations respected ip laws it would change but I wonder how that would happen.
If you want to patent something, youre supposed to patent it before you start selling it. Once itss been filed and in the consideration stage (Which can take years), you can label things Patent Pending and you have some protection.
Ive gone through all this before. Its a sucky process and for me it was 20 years ago, Im sure its even worse now. I feel bad for patent lawyers.
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