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| Thread ID: 45967 | 2004-06-08 21:46:00 | slightly OT: have an idea, need help | falvrez (390) | Press F1 |
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| 242911 | 2004-06-13 00:53:00 | Ah, yes, as mentioned, watch out for the patent things in other countries too. My Dad told me something that you might find interesting. Some guy invented this genius invention thing in NZ, and stuck a patent on it. Some big company from America offered to buy it off him for X amount, which was a bit too low, because it was worth X+X, so he turned the offer down. That company then realised that he only had a patent in NZ, so copied all his designs, and put a US patent, made millions and put him out of business. So just watch out for that. |
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| 242912 | 2004-06-13 02:06:00 | falvez, just another caution . Sounds like you may be a wages or salaried employee? Check your employment conditions/contract re intellectual property ownership . I speak from experience where I developed intellectual property unrelated to my employment and in my own time while I was a salaried employee . When interest was shown in my ideas a few years later, my employing company then had the firm view that the Intellectual Property belonged to the company and not to me . Needless to say that view was not sustainable as my contract did not support it, but it created a serious roadblock at the time . When I left and established my own company I needed to make it quite clear that the IP remained with me . |
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| 242913 | 2004-06-13 04:05:00 | Never mind GF, it happened to Tesla too. He was comprehensively screwed by his wonderfully ethical American employers. ;-) | Graham L (2) | ||
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