Running this blog I receive a handful of emails a day from inventors who had hired an invention promotion company and now regret it. Usually these emails include a plea for information regarding how they can get their $5,000/$7,000/$______ back.
I typically limit my advice to a simple response like:
You might ask your fellow inventors [...]
Tag Archive: invention promoter
Counseling Victims of Invention Promotion Companies
Can a non-patent attorney/agent write a patent application for another person?
Interesting quote in the comments (Comment 9) to the NEW rule set I mentioned previously on “Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Final Rule (14Aug2008)” (emphasis added):
Non-practitioners are not entitled to provide legal advice or otherwise practice law. To the extent practice of law includes a law-related service [...]
I’ve been ripped off by an invention promotion company…what should I do next?
“I’ve been ripped off by an invention promotion company…what should I do next?”…is a frequent question I receive from readers, particularly in response to my post on Independent Inventors and Invention Promotion companies.
I recently asked an inventor advocate what she’d recommend. I’ve taken her recommendations (and added some of my own):
1. Patent Office complaint [...]
