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To: BuffaloJack
I was issued a patent 6 years ago, and was warned in a very forceful
manner to keep my mouth shut and not jump at foreign offers for my product.

International patents trump US patents, I was told.

35 posted on 06/09/2007 3:29:03 AM PDT by ThreePuttinDude ()... Hey Lindsay ...I'm one of the Loud ones...and pretty proud of it....()
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To: ThreePuttinDude

“International patents trump US patents”.
Not true. A patent’s protection is only good in the country issued. If, however, someone from another country copies your invention, they call sell it anywhere you don’t have a patent. If they try and bring it here, you get an attorney and take them to court, because that is infringement.

I currently hold about 20 US patents and about 45 foreign patents covering the same inventions as the 20 US patents. Any intellectual property lawyer will tell you that a patent is only as good as your will to sue for infringement.


48 posted on 06/09/2007 9:36:22 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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