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and Need for Secrecy... and Alternatives to the
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Rules
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Beatty See also William Beatty's post
on
Alternatives
to Patenting Free Energy Inventions
Levitron:
An Amazing Invention and a Patent Failure... or Who
Really Invented Levitron "....So
today, having failed to make a deal with Harrigan,
the Sherlocks are collaborating with Chieffo to
produce alternatives to the Hones's product, which
they intend to market in May 2000, when Harrigan's
patent expires. After hearing this story, people
wonder why Harrigan's patent didn't protect
Harrigan's rights. The answer is a lesson for all
patent holders: A patent only protects its
owner as long as the owner enforces it...."
A sad tale of paranoia and alleged duplicity
and greed.
Technology
Shareware Proposal
Why
I Don't Patent! "I make
money, to continue doing what I'm driven to do
(inventing practical energy solutions),
immediately by selling books and kits, instead
of spending thousands of dollars and years of
time getting a patent.
"After you read
the rest of this page, read the above
statement again, it will make more sense. Not
to say that patents aren't good, they just
aren't good for inventors in my situation. And
interestingly enough, several very good
inventors have seen what I've accomplished and
are switching to my methods....my 'not
patenting' philosophy actually gets the technology
onto the market, whereas THOUSANDS of energy
products registered in the patent office are NOT
on the market...."
"....I
did not take out the patents to make money but
only to document and demonstrate what the
inventive little individual can accomplish, and to
prove documentably the socioeconomic existence of
such unique industrialization lags. Now
that I have proven that an individual can be
world-effective while eschewing either money or
political advantage-making, I do my best to
discourage others from taking patents, which
almost never `pay-off' to the inventor...."
Buckminster
Fuller
Alternatives
to Patents
- "....Unlike
patents that have 17 year lives, proprietary
agreements have infinite lifetimes without
cost to anyone...."
A
Proprietary Secrecy Agreement and a Non-Disclosure
Agreement
Institutes
Wal-Mart
Innovation Network (WIN) "....The
Innovation Institute was established in 1979 to
carry on the research function of the Experimental
Center for Innovation at the University of Oregon.
The Center was one of the first three innovation
centers in the United States and it was part of
the National Science Foundation's experiment to
test various incentives for stimulating industrial
and product innovation in the United States. The
Oregon center was unique in the NSF experiment in
that it was the only center to focus on assisting
independent and small business inventors. Dr.
Gerald G. Udell was the Principle Investigator for
the Oregon experiment and served as the director
of the center from 1974 until the completion of
the experiment in 1980. It was there that Dr.
Udell developed the PIES (Preliminary Innovation
Evaluation System) used by the WIN Innovation
Center today (see below). Equipped with a
background in product development at General
Electric, Dr. Udell started work on the PIES
format immediately upon assuming leadership of the
Oregon center in late 1974...."
The
Lemelson-MIT Program celebrates those
inventors who have turned their ideas into
accomplishments. We foster an enthusiasm for
askingand answeringthe questions that change
lives. Learn how our acclaimed
awards and
outreach programs inspire the next generation
of inventors, and explore our unique
Invention Dimension. Groups,
Associations and Alliances
United Inventors
Association Inventor Resource Internet Pages
"The mission of the UIA is to provide
leadership, support, and services to inventor
support groups and independent inventors.
Membership is extended to these as well as to
others who provide reputable service and support
to the inventor community. The Inventors
Awareness Center is the inventor education and
advocacy program of UIA and is presented in detail
under the section Red Flag Warnings.The UIA
is sponsored by the
Academy
of Applied Science."
The
Inventors' Alliance
"is
an international
non- profit association dedicated to helping
inventors develop their business through
education, recognition, friendship and support.
The best way we can help inventors is through our
monthly meetings . There, members and guests can
help each other and guest speakers provide useful
information. We are not an Evaluation service,
marketing company, or financial matchmaker."
Includes
Invention
Myths and
First
Steps.
Intellectual
Property Creators
"....a
non-profit organization of seasoned inventors,
product developers, and entrepreneurs. IPC is
interested in providing a knowledgeable inventor's
perspective on these issues, unfiltered by the
special interests of the legal community, large
companies, and other non-inventor
interests...."
Regional
Inventors Associations
Houston
Inventors Association
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