12/08/2004

Five More Misconceptions About Patents

None of the following statements are true. To find out why not, please read this post from Patent Pending:

1. I have a “Poor Man’s Patent” so I am entitled to stop others from “taking my invention”.

2. My invention is worth lots of money because it is patented.

3. I am not infringing his patent because I changed my design more than ten percent from his patent.

4. I cannot infringe his patent because I didn’t know about it.

5. My invention is patented so I have to keep it a secret or I will lose it.