Saturday 25 July 2009 4:45:00 pm

Patents work for GE, Rolls Royce, Shell, UOP . They do not work for the little guy just starting up a business !
Where did patents come from, they are the derivatives of Roman protection for skilled tradesmen. who had developed a new or unique method for their craft.

Applying for a patent in the UK, is actually quite cheap, It costs just over a £100 pounds. But and there is allways a but in life. This only gives you protection in the UK. When your patent application has been duely mulled over for 6 months it will be published , to see if there are hidden objections that have surfaced.

Now comes the problem . Many companies and countries Data mine, specifically for new engineering . So guess wherea good place is to start looking ?
Right the Patent publications list !

So all Ari Yamada, and Bill Smith have to do is to check the publications lists for patent applications
I like this one , yeah, lets do it ! If the guy dosn't like it he can sue us ! and we have deeper pockets. Is the attitude .

It now starts to get worse, there are aproximately 200 countries in the world . Lets say our intrepid inventor goes really Gung Ho ! and files patents in all 2000 countries.
Lets represent the 200 cuntries by a table with 200 glasses on it . To keep these glasses full will cost £38,000 per year. On top of that Australia has come up with a real douzey If you don't go into production within 12 months, Your patent reverts to public domain. Nice one AUS !

So what can the little guy do ?

Fortunately there is an alternative . You can NASCopy your design .
You dont have to publish your design for Tom, Dick or Ari. to know exactly how to do it !
It has about 90% the effectivenes of a patent.
It is held in escro til you may have a requirement to use it in court. It is recognised by most courts in the world including China .

This process combined with carefull screening of your licencee's , before to licence. Plus the non-disclosure of propritory information gives you a much bigger bang for your buck.

If you are interested please contact me privately at nwdavison.co.uk and I will put you in contact with the relevant people

Ps you can still go down the copyright, patent route at your leisure when you may have more funds to play with.

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