View Single Post
  #18  
Old 12-04-2011, 02:00 PM
71RS/SS396's Avatar
71RS/SS396 71RS/SS396 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Wake Forest,NC
Posts: 872
Thanks: 1
Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheJDMan View Post
Keep in mind that once you have a patent in hand all you have is a piece of paper and the USPTO will do nothing to enforce it. Enforcing a patent is up to you and/or your attorney and enforcing a patent can be very expensive.
100% true and any big corporation with deep pockets that wants your product can just run you into bankrupcy with legal battles especially offshore ones. I watched my sister and brother in-law go bankrupt defending their patent rights.
Reply With Quote