If you’ve created a product that is selling, congratulations are in order! That’s not easy to do. Now, because of your success, others want to copy, knockoff, and infringe. They want to take advantage of your hard work. This is the reality for inventors of popular products.
Inventors think, all I need is a patent! A patent will solve all of my problems. But that isn’t accurate. A patent gives you the right to sue for patent infringement — an expensive and time-consuming process in which there are no guarantees and the odds do not favor the party with fewer resources. The inventors who are currently protesting
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