Re: Intellectual Property Protection (was: Testing)

> Yes, you can have some protection from clones - after you have a working
> model, you can protect yourself with patents.

Do you have any idea how difficult of a process that is? (Wasn't meant
to sound cynically rhetorical, I have no idea, so figured I'd ask.)

>  Also, if they can't steal the idea, and can't
> drive you out of business, they'll often just buy you outright - sometimes
> to use the product, sometimes to make sure it isn't used. Just depends. What
> seems like a lot of money to you is just a drop in the bucket.

If there is a "pending" situation with a patent, and someone else
attempts to pattent the same thing, does it come down to filing dates
to settle ownership?

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