You refer to a non-disclosure which can put you in a wringer
also...ask Tom Bearden about his Sparky Sweet non-disclosure
where he mentioned something in public that by then was
common knowledge, yet was sued by the investors and he had
to pay a big chunk of money for what was ruled as breach of
the agreement.
They do have their uses I'm sure but its easy to include a
lot of detail and material that anyone who is heavy into
this field will undoubtedly come across many times...but the
nondisclosre LOCKS YOU and PREVENTS you from discussing
it...so I don't favor non-disclosures unless they are VERY
SPECIFICALLY written as to the technical aspects of a
machine or process that are being shown.
With the BBS, we had levels of security, if you didn't have
that access level, you simply could not read anything that
was going on there...that could be done on the net also by a
passworded section but it was one of our own who we all
trusted who took the info, made some variations and patented
that as his.
It is very disheartening....to think that one person would
come up with an idea and begin work on a model, even if it
was planned to be freely released...then discuss aspects
with others who voluntarily offer information which HELPS
get it working or to improve it...then the inventor posts
that information as freely given...here comes some jerk
within that 1 year period and patents it or a variation of
it. And thats for the FREE release.
Never mind a commercial application where its just common
sense to keep your mouth shut until the patent has been
GRANTED.
Sure has opened my eyes and it CERTAINLY slows down any
potential releases BECAUSE of this threat from those lurkers
who only care about their own personal gain or
self-aggrandizement.
Chris wrote:
>
> Jerry,
> Is there a waiver that the members of the group could sign to prevent
> this misuse of the patent law. I was just wondering if this was a feasible
> way for us to get around this B.S. of having someone patent an idea as their
> own.
> I find this very disheartening to say the least. I'm not a technical
> person, but I do have ideas that I think would benefit everyone and this is
> why I subscribed to this group. As I'm sure that MOST of us are people
> willing to give their thoughts and ideas freely without compensation, there
> are a few people who are out to make a quick buck.
> I believe there is a document that prevents people from patenting
> ideas posted on this net or any other information posted by you. When I
> submitted an idea to ISC a few years ago, they signed it saying that they
> would not market, patent, or submit it to industries without my consent. . .
>
> Just a thought. . .
>
> Chris
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