What a crock of 'fake facts' from the usual self identified experts using fake names...... Reminds me of why I don't haunt 'lesser Forums'. For instance, after explaining the the pending patient information on DC is a fraud to scare off copiers, we get these useful 'facts':
To justify getting something patented you have to have "intelligent property" of which there is NONE in the waxpen game.
in fact all waxpens are pretty similar in design atm, wouldn't they all be infringing on saionara and divine tribe designs?
No need to take this clowns word for it, look it up?
"In the language of the statute, any person who “invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent,” It has to be useful, and "not obvious" ('to those skilled in the trade'). Patents force you to publish your secrets, the processes you wish to protect.....hence the protection (you've exposed your secrets to get there).
Any IMPROVEMENT counts, like say the construction of the 510 connector? Or screws holding the cover on?
The reality is you can patent most anything (the government is happy to take your money and give you a number) but you have to 'defend your patent' (in court). You can go bankrupt that way, I know just such a fellow that had his pioneer video game (a golf game done with film strips) in Japan destroyed by Bally (the Jukebox guys) who simply 'jumped the patent' and force GolfIn to 'take them to court'. They won, but the Lawyers got all the money and the company in the end. Because of this (being bankrupt by a 'deep pockets' competitor many companies opt to keep it all secret and hope.
But there is no requirement for
"intelligent property",whatever that is. Perhaps the expert meant 'intellectual property'? But you can't patent ideas (look it up), only processes, IP is copyrighted........
Sorry to rant, but I think it's kind of scary that folks take such places as sources of reliable information.
Excuse me and the above rant, I've got to get back to enjoying my DT atty, I just dropped by...... But I much appreciate the responsible discussions with useful information typically found on FC.
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