I recently filed a provisional patent and I am in the process of contacting companies for potential licensing. On one of the companies had an idea submission form, and it makes you accept the following agreement:
Western Digital will be allowed to freely use any information that I submit without any restriction and without making any payment or other form of compensation to me. I agree that my submission may be reviewed by Western Digital’s employees and, to the extent that it may be necessary, by people outside of Western Digital, at Western Digital’s sole discretion.
This wouldnt be enough to negate patent protection right? This only pertains to unprotected ideas correct?
Thanks for the help!
Currently searching for an agent or attorney to get started with, found the search engine on the USPTO site, while helpful, this doesn't filter who has the knowledge and experience in the field that I am looking to acquire a patent in. Is this something that's even important to ask when looking for an attorney/agent? Are there certain web searches that I should be focusing on? Certain words and phrases that can help narrow my search? Is there a matchmaking site that matches your idea with the right attorney? (dreaming big, I know) looking for tips and tricks on how to narrow down my search to find the right attorney or agent for my patent.
If someone patents something, they have to explain how it works in the patent. So in theory if I read the patent I should be able to figure out how to reproduce that thing myself.
But legally, to what extent am I allowed to do that? If I build a patented device for my own use, is that OK? If I build it and give it to someone else for free, is that OK? If I give it for free, but accept "donations" in return? If I sell it, but I'm part of a nonprofit or a charity?
Im sure in practice no one would bother suing a person for making something in the privacy of their own home, but I just want to understand what exactly a patent gives you the rights to.
In my sci-fi story the newly elected Libertarian Party suspends all medical copyrights and patents until healthcare costs are brought down to affordable. This allows knock-off brands of Epi-Pens, and medicines to cost $1 per item instead of $500 per item. In my story, this radical approach brings down the cost of healthcare. Owners of the patents drop their prices. They can't sue bootleggers if the courts decide their prices are too high. I haven't studied politics or economics very much so I may be missing something. Any feedback on this idea is much appreciated!
Many libertarians would say to get rid of those things as they argue intellectual property rights don't actually exist, and that many big corporations lobby for intellectual property rights to get a monopoly on such products. Like for example, Bill Gates argued for IPR for the COVID-19 vaccines, essentially saying that people in these other countries and developing countries can't make it safe. As a result of the IPR, only developed countries are getting vaccines while other countries are struggling to stay afloat with their low vaccination rates. These big pharma companies are also making millions and probably billions in profits from these vaccines because they are holding a monopoly. And this is happening with other drugs made by big pharma, hence why drug prices are so high.
And with that, many people would agree that there shouldn't be patents on drugs, and perhaps many other functional things. One thing, however, that would have support for patents would be art. So things like movies, shows, characters, logos, music, etc. And that would perhaps make more sense for patents to exist on. A lot of times, we should be giving credit to whoever made the work. And unlike drugs, there isn't really a danger or something inherent about that monopoly. Like for example, there are only so many drugs that could treat this disease. That the disease only has this one chemical as a treatment, and thus when you patent it, you get an inherent monopoly. Art, on the other hand, there isn't inherently a monopoly considering just how broad art is. So allowing patents and copyright would make more sense.
So what are your guy's views on patents, and IPR? Should it be abolished entirely or should it exist only in some cases?
SHMP, NaturalShrimp Inc, distributes Farm to table, Sushi Grade Shrimp via a new, proprietary and licence-able technology that uses electricity to create a land based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) using negative oxidation reduction potential (ORP) and anti-oxidation treatments (Gas and Plasma) in the production of fresh shrimp and seafood. This means that they can set up a distribution center anywhere in the world, or sell their technology to currently operating distribution centers for other purposes (Salmon has been discussed).
The differences in this technology compared to previously deemed forefront technology is extreme. The current warehouse for NaturalShrimp Inc. would require two football fields of Bio Floc based filtration systems to accommodate their production levels. The current system occupies a space less than 40 square feet! It also is incredibly efficient and can have the way to solar powered shrimp farms, something previously never possible. This is talked about extensively in the Stockday Podcast in which the CEO discusses these technologies and their advancements and what that means for the industry. It means that mass production can scale!!! It's the equivalent of Ford's Assembly Line, and is the future of the fishing industry and seafood industry as a whole.
Currently, China has overfished it's waters and now sends most of it's 17,000 ship fishing fleet to South American waters. Very few shrimp stocks appear to be stable. Examples of stocks harvested to optimal levels include fisheries in Australia, the U.S., and two stocks in Mexico (Pacific and Atlantic brown shrimp). All other stocks, including most other stocks in Mexico, are experiencing strong declines. In fisheries with open access regimes (e.g. India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Mexico, Nigeria, and Guyana) fishing effort may need to be cut by at least 50 percent in order to restore fisheries to sustainable levels.
Tropical shrimp trawling has one of the highest bycatch rates of all fishing techniques and often damages the ocean´s seafloor. Large trawl nets dragged along the sea bottom scoop up everything in their path. Species caught include marine turtles, juvenile fish, small whales, dolphins, porpoises, dugongs, sharks, seahorses, seabirds, sea snakes, corals and other invertebrates such as crabs and starfish. Trawlers destroy important and sensitive habitats such as sea grass and corals that serve as vital nursery and spawning grounds for juvenile fish and other spec
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I know we all have hope after seeing a Nike shoe in a Hedera video but what is the take now with these patents...
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I don’t have any real specialized training other than work experience in the nonprofit sector for about ten years which has taught me how to be a jack of all trades, master of none. I want to start a business because I want to decide what to do with my time, what the priorities should be, and the vision for my company. I also happen to like getting into the nitty gritty details.
I set the goalpost a while back that any business I ever start must have the ability in time to net $100K, have the ability to operate without my presence, and become an asset that could be sold for profit.
I have no real specialized training outside of general operations and management, which leads me to my question:
How did you decide that your business would fill a niche or market place void if you simply resell other peoples goods or services? Is it possible to fulfill my business must have list only reselling other peoples stuff?
From what I read the patent's rights go to my ex-company, the manager there wanted my name to be in it since I was one of the founding team member spearheading it. He didn't need to but insisted, which I thanked him for.
What else is this good for except something to put in my resume?
