Not making enough money from patents? Here's help

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[jrepenning]

While I share the frustration that leaks from this posting, you didn't actually quote enough to justify it in this case: maybe they're talking about using patents to make money by adding value, not entirely clear.

Until I followed your link, and found right at the top:

Who Should Attend
Attorneys and business executives involved with selling and acquiring intellectual property

Nuff said.

[gazzonyx]

Billy Shakespeare had it right; "... first we kill all the lawyers". We'll get away with it too, since we won't have adequate representation at the trial and no one will be willing to come forth as a prosecutor. Ahh... when the revolution comes...

Of course, we leave Ray Beckerman (http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/) alone. He's cool. :)

[dinnertime]

If you created a market for a new product or process and afterwards a large company threatened to wrest away a meaningful portion, would you sue or pick daisies?

Plus, obtaining funding for small entities is always difficult. If you won?t defend your patent rights, how can you use them then to obtain funding?

please see http://www.piausa.org/ for a different/opposing view on patent reform