Patent pending
May 25th 2008 04:39
You're surfing the web and you see the inevitable ads, many for get rich quick schemes, all with the words 'patent pending' as part of their description.
It makes it sound more believable I guess if people think they are actually in the process of getting a patent. This of course ignores the fact that they can't get one! It's nice to see these 'businesses' if they can call themselves that, are all doing their homework. Patent pending, yeah right! On what, the law changing?
Schemes are not patentable by law, in fact this also applies to discoveries, ideas, plans, scientific theories and mathematical algorithms.
So because these are schemes designed to give advice as to how to make money and are not a product as such, they cannot get a patent and saying there is a patent pending when there isn't, is also punishable by law.
It's amazing how many of these systems claim to have a patent pending though, it's clearly a method of gaining the trust of those who use them regarding their viability but all they're doing is marketing a scheme which can't hold a patent in the first place. It's a fraudulent way of advertising and their consumers should not be sucked into thinking they are legal when all they're doing is claiming to be.
It makes it sound more believable I guess if people think they are actually in the process of getting a patent. This of course ignores the fact that they can't get one! It's nice to see these 'businesses' if they can call themselves that, are all doing their homework. Patent pending, yeah right! On what, the law changing?
Schemes are not patentable by law, in fact this also applies to discoveries, ideas, plans, scientific theories and mathematical algorithms.
So because these are schemes designed to give advice as to how to make money and are not a product as such, they cannot get a patent and saying there is a patent pending when there isn't, is also punishable by law.
It's amazing how many of these systems claim to have a patent pending though, it's clearly a method of gaining the trust of those who use them regarding their viability but all they're doing is marketing a scheme which can't hold a patent in the first place. It's a fraudulent way of advertising and their consumers should not be sucked into thinking they are legal when all they're doing is claiming to be.
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Comment by tlcorbin
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There's a common sense approach, research the source; but few do so Justica, I almost feel that those who operate on such blind faith deserve to be duped and relieved of their idea, product and funds.
They'll do better on version 2 of their idea anyway.
Raven