Patent Ripoff Plague
Filed in archive Intellectual Property by Greg Balanko-Dickson on August 09, 2006

Patents Offer Limited Protection
The dirty little truth is that a patent offers limited protection plus it tells the world exactly how you did it for all the world to see.
I am not an attorney and they might disagree with my opinion but I am looking at this from the perspective of a small business owner.
Part of having a patent is that you have to defend it - when you learn of people that have copied your patent you have to defend it legally - otherwise you can loose your patent.
The protection of a patent is only as good as how many times you are willing to threaten infringers and then sue them if required - which costs real money.
So unless you are prepared to spend the cash to have your lawyer defend your patent - it might be a waste of time.
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