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Book: Don’t File A Patent
Should you or shouldn’t you? That is the question that crosses every inventors mind when they are ready to do something with their special idea.
John D. Smith went through that process, just to have his patent rejected. That hasn’t stopped him, though. Besides bringing his product to market anyway, he went on to write a book about the process he went through.
Smith’s website further describes his book and the argument against patents.
In this book, I’ll give you over 10 reasons why you should NOT file a Patent Application on your invention. You’ll learn that Utility Patents and patent protection are worthless and does not stop someone from copying your invention. You’ll learn that a patent attorney or patent lawyer will encourage inventors to file patent infringement lawsuits for the patent attorney benefit, not to benefit the inventor or his invention. You’ll learn that infringement lawsuits are very expensive and the only one that will make money in a patent infringement lawsuit will be your patent attorney. You’ll see that judgments gained as a result of expensive patent infringement litigation are worthless, as they are impossible to collect. You’ll understand that if you are a successful inventor or inventors and you have a successful invention or inventions, you will get ripped off by copycat competitors, as this is a sign of your invention success.
In addition to the truth about the terrible way you’ll be treated by the Patent Office, I’ll also share with you many experiences I have had over the last five years. I’ll describe and give you contact information for several other inventors and entrepreneurs that got a trademark on their brand name and are making and selling their products themselves, as you should be doing. You’ll also learn about two of the best books I’ve ever read on marketing and PR.
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Mike on March 29th, 2011 10:27 am
Also remember that a patent infringement litigation can be a David-versus-Goliath confrontation. Defendants in patent infringement lawsuits are usually large corporations with unlimited resources, while plaintiffs in patent infringement lawsuits are often individuals or small businesses with very limited resources.
David French on April 19th, 2011 8:51 am
David French writes:
I’m going to buy this book. I’m a retired patent attorney and I’m writing my own book: “101 Truths about Patents”. This will include comments on patent attorneys.
I have a delicate line to address. I cannot malign them all because many of them are very honorable and some of them are very good. The problem is that inventors have unrealistic expectations and serious misunderstandings. How can a patent attorney be wrong when they can say: “I filed a patent for the invention that you described to me”? Very often, however, this approach results in a very unsatisfactory patent.
So should is for inventors to become informed. This is not advice that I addressed simply to private individuals. Corporations as well are paying extraordinary amounts of money to patent specialists to handle patenting procedures when they would be well advised to invest in training someone in their organization to understand the process better. That’s the message I want to get out.
I would be interested in receiving submissions from anybody who has had a bad experience from a patent agent or patent attorney. I will respect confidentiality. You can contact me at David.French@secondcounsel.com.
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