Intellectual Property Protection

Re: [spiers] Intellectual Property Protection

Ismail,

Everything I say has to be taken with a grain of salt, but let me give you some
of the hard
arguments against IP protection... the lawyers advice is likely find for
microsoft, but a disaster
for we at the small biz level.>>>

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:06:10 -0000, "Ismail Zehri"
wrote :
Today, I had a very productive meeting with an attorney

***Hang on... what is your criteria for "productive?"***


> 1. FILE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT [Cost: $10 + mail charges]:
> When you conceive your idea,... This process is
> the acceptance and preservation for two (2) years of the Disclosure
> Document as evidence of the date of conception of an invention by the
> USPTO.

*** There is a psychological disorientation here... any idea should progress
constantly... wht
you have filed is your own idea, lacking any market feedback, which shuld
greatly alter your
intitial idea... waste of time this step, and possibly detrimental, inasmuch as
it lets you
relax.***


> 2. SIGN CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS [Cost: $0]:

***I've never met anyone sane who will sign a confidentiality agreement, nor met
anyone who
wanted anything signed who had anything worth keeping confidential. To sign one
is to limit
your rights and abilities as a human, plus it may cause you to lose access to an
idea you
already had. One of the great eliminators of wasted time is to refuse all
confidentiality
agreements.***

> 3. TRADEMARK BRAND NAME [Cost: $0]:

***You don't have to trademark your own name, and anythign else let the designer
own it...
all we want is custoemrs and the constantly changing items that our customers
pay us
premium prices for.***

> 4. FILE PROVISIONAL APPLICATION FOR PATENT [Cost: $215 to $330]


***Again ...leave any IP ownership to the designers, leave selling millions to
walmart...***

>
> By the way, I feel obligated to mention that USPTO's website is one of
> the worst and most confusing websites I've ever used. Hopefully, the
> links that I've provided here will simplify finding the correct
> information.

***Yes, read Stephen Kinsella, a Houston patent atty on how we must eliminate
all IP in USA is
we do not want to go the way of Afganistan and other "rotted-from-within"
cultures that
featured these restrictions to free trade. The point of IP law is to crush humna
freedom, to
make the world safe for crybaby millionaires. They do not want to come out and
play, so
they make rules that say we cannot play either.

It may feel productive to be told all these rules and steps, but not a single
mention of how to
take care of the customer. Start with the customer...everything else falls into
place.

John

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