They have a robust IPR in the UK also. Here is a "can't live without" item:
Denise, 48, spent five years designing a walking stick with a light for illumination at the feet, flashing red lights down the side (giving 360 degree visibility to oncoming traffic), a panic siren, an internal magnet for picking up small items such as keys and a wind-up battery option, following an accident in 1998.
We all love a system the works for us, but what is strange is when people find out in practice it does no such thing, they don't adjust to reality, they keep at it until is destroys them:
I think there is a pattern here: a stick that says "look at me, I am a victim" and a petition that says "look at me, I am a vicim." Such are the clients of intellectual property lawyers.
In a related article we find...
Mr Baylis, who was recently named among the 50 greatest inventors in British history, said: ‘If people are not going to be rewarded for their inventions, then why should they invent at all? This nation was built on inventions and manufacturing.
A wind up radio? That is one of the UK's top 50 inventions? Mr. Bayliss, people invent to solve problems. Then they either sell the solution or contract with someone who can. Just because a system invites you to become a layabout does not mean you are obliged to become a layabout. If you wanted compensation for your idea, you could have manufactured and sold it. As it is you want to criminalize people willing to work for a living.
He goes on:
Prove it.
I have been paid by a law firm to come stand and deliver on the topic of intellectual property rights. I would welcome the opportunity to debate on youtube an IPR attorney on IPR.
Resolved: Intellectual Property Rights harm our commerce and industry.
Debate!
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
Denise, 48, spent five years designing a walking stick with a light for illumination at the feet, flashing red lights down the side (giving 360 degree visibility to oncoming traffic), a panic siren, an internal magnet for picking up small items such as keys and a wind-up battery option, following an accident in 1998.
We all love a system the works for us, but what is strange is when people find out in practice it does no such thing, they don't adjust to reality, they keep at it until is destroys them:
Denise, based in Bristol, says she has no capacity to address a dispute relating to IP without money to do so through the Civil Courts and says ‘the big boys who have their own legal teams in-house can walk in and take others’ products’.
She adds: ‘I have spent so long trying to sort out the mess over the stick and financially I am unable to take civil action. However I am raising a petition to Government to protect others from enduring what I did. It threw me into complete disarray and I lost my income and livelihood.
I think there is a pattern here: a stick that says "look at me, I am a victim" and a petition that says "look at me, I am a vicim." Such are the clients of intellectual property lawyers.
In a related article we find...
He is regarded as one of Britain’s greatest inventors after creating the wind-up radio in the 1990s.
But 20 years on, Trevor Baylis says he is ‘totally broke’ and has to sell his beloved home.
Despite the success of the wind-up radio, the 75-year-old says he has received very little of the profits.
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A wind up radio? That is one of the UK's top 50 inventions? Mr. Bayliss, people invent to solve problems. Then they either sell the solution or contract with someone who can. Just because a system invites you to become a layabout does not mean you are obliged to become a layabout. If you wanted compensation for your idea, you could have manufactured and sold it. As it is you want to criminalize people willing to work for a living.
He goes on:
Mr Baylis added: ‘The Government should offer financial support, advice on developing people’s inventions, and help to keep that manufacturing here in the UK.
‘It would make money for the British economy.’
Prove it.
I have been paid by a law firm to come stand and deliver on the topic of intellectual property rights. I would welcome the opportunity to debate on youtube an IPR attorney on IPR.
Resolved: Intellectual Property Rights harm our commerce and industry.
Debate!
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
2 comments:
Can't help but think you may have been a bit hard on Mr. Bayliss. Seems to me he did see a problem and invented a solution.That is, radio without batteries for third world countries. Also, perhaps he did sell the licence or come to some arrangement for manufacture. The newspaper article states he received very little in profits. Not unknown for big business to renege on deals.
Just a thought.
I am hard on anybody who wants violence visited on anyone else for no rational reason except personal gain. And imprisoning people (as Bayliss desires) is a particularly occlusive form of violence. He is one of the bad guys.
And we are down to that. This system is coming down, and to rebuild a new one we'll no doubt need a clear head as to who are the good guys and the bad guys. Freedom good, work good, IPR bad. We had our chance at nuance, and blew it.
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