[nylug-talk] Employer Pattent Rights

[jh]

Joshua Zeidner wrote:
> On 2/2/07, jh <jhlists at hirschman.net> wrote:

>> Most investors yawned when I told them that I had a patent pending.
>> Those that did invest were strangely disinterested in pursuing the
>> patent, despite the advice of a patent attorney that felt that my
>> invention was both novel and worth protecting.
> 
>    Here is the problem.  A person who is invested in the system( USPTO
> ) is not going to admit that it is useless.  So, there are very few
> people who understand the problems of patents, who have not extended
> $80K to get a degree in patent law.  So naturally your lawyer is going
> to claim that patents are valuable, because that is his business. 

In my case, the provisional expired, and someone else got an almost 
identical patent. They became very successful with the concept :( I now 
have issues with all VC types.

Am I bitter? Nah :(

jh