How Inventors Can Avoid Scams, Traps and Raw Deals
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Written by Gene Quinn Patent Attorney & IPWatchdog Founder Posted: June 27, 2009 @ 6:54 pm Page viewed 2,795 times E-mail this article to a friend |
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Back in March 2009, I traveled to North Carolina to the Everyday Edisons studio to participate in the United Inventors Association filming of a 10 part mini-series that covers every stage in the patent to market process. The series is about 5 hours in length and covers every aspect from how not to get scammed, to patents, prototypes, packaging, marketing, licensing and selling your invention for profit on your own. The full educational mini-series is available only to inventors who join the UIA, but episode 1, titled Avoiding Scams, Traps and Raw Deals, is available for free to everyone. Steve Greenberg , the author of Gadget Nation and Emmy winning news reporter, conducts an interview with myself, Ron Reardon (UIA President and the President of the National Association of Patent Practitioners) and Louis Foreman (of Everyday Edisons and Inventors Digest).
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About the Author
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Eugene R. Quinn, Jr. President & Founder of IPWatchdog, Inc. US Patent Attorney (Reg. No. 44,294) B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center L.L.M. in Intellectual Property, Franklin Pierce Send me an e-mail Phone: 703-740-9835   |
Gene is a US Patent Attorney, Law Professor and the founder of IPWatchdog.com. He teaches patent bar review courses and is a member of the Board of Directors of the United Inventors Association. Gene has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the LA Times, CNN Money and various other newspapers and magazines worldwide
Hi i wanted to ask if you’ve heard about inventhelp here in Irvine california? Right now they told me that their going to do a patent search. I really need help. Thank you
Mitchell-
I do not know about Invent Help in Irvine, CA, but I know nothing positive about Invent Help. They are known to be a notorious invention scam. You definitely need a patent search, but the patent searches that invention submission companies do as a rule are woefully inadequate. You need a real search done by real professionals to determine whether it makes sense to move forward. Invent Help and other invention scams have never seen an invention that isn’t worth pursuing, which is not at all to be expected.
-Gene
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Have you heard of the company Inventionidea at website http://inventionidea.info located on 10 North Calvert Street in Baltimore, Maryland Suite 453. I recently visited his office and met with a guy named Bob Blackburn. His company has a 2 step system where they patent your idea and help to market the trademark for a fee of $495.00. I have trademarked two product names and the cost was 333.00 each. During phase two they promise to seek buyers, market your idea, look for buyers, get a virtual prototype and promote your product, put your product in tradeshows and seek manufacturers in the USA and internationally. I have tried to contact the trade commission and attorney general of Baltimore, Maryland and they have no record of scams or business registration information on file about them. My concern is have you even heard anything bad or corrupt about Bob Blackburn or anything bad pertaining to this company Inventionidea? I am seeking professional help to market and promote my idea. He said I would get 80% from my product and he would get 20%. Please let me know your opinion and your suggestion please. In addition he stated that if my product does well they would take out a portion of the profit to repay from the promotion and marketing later. They front 60% of their money to promote interesting potential profitable product ideas. Thank you for your time.
I am working with a company called Invention Resource. Have you heard of it?