PTO - Patent and Trademark Office needs complete overhaul

Recently in Maine, I talked with a gentleman andmake use of it either for profit or for all of our
we discussed at a coffee shop the issueswell being.We are crippling ourselves in the
concerning the Patent and Trademark Offices andprocess of registration and then killing our best
the slow processing problems with registration ofpeople and ideas in the court room over frivolous
everything from a simple patent or conceptlawsuits meant to impede the progress of good
patent to a Registered Trademark or Serviceideas, in other words our PTO is helping kill good
Mark. Also this past week had an emailideas which in itself is a very bad idea. This is not
conversation with a gentleman from NC in a smallthe good for all concerned and it means less great
business regarding weak trademark and servicecompanies, which start in the garages across
mark case law in several states and at theAmerica becoming the next new thing. We must
Federal Level and how that affected him and thestay ahead of the innovation curve and make
owner of a mark in Ohio. Also discussed thesure that PTO is working for the needs of the
issues with an Aussie who now lives in BC Canadaour future and the future of all mankind.Have a
with regards to a cross border US Competitorgood idea, so do we, problem is we sit on it, then
using a name he intends to use and has alreadyit is useless, if we try to register it we will die of
used in Canadian Commerce. First use laws andold age and the actual innovator may go broke
case laws are different that in Canada and thepaying attorneys and fees.If we sell it before we
US. And certainly no trademark is worth a dollar inhave the Patent complete, it will be stolen and the
China. Some would disagree if you have the rightmoney to fight it costs too much and the court
attorney there in that country. I had mentionedwould tie it up until which time the technology
these types of issues in a letter to the FTC andmight be passed over. Therefore many smart
discussed the problems with patent law and notAmericans who are regular people sit on good
knowing, the patent books, which explain all thisideas.If we do not make anything anymore in this
are over 400 plus pages now and when you arecountry, because they are made somewhere else
done reading them you may or may not knowwhere the labor is cheaper or because of
enough to get the job done.Many will sayprevious trade deals with WTO or NAFTA and
entrepreneurs are risk takers, although mostjobs have left the country, then our economy is
entrepreneurs will tell you different, they unlikeservice based and knowledge based. But we give
the observers of their activities do not see it as aall of our knowledge away for free due to in part
risk at all. Yet when you throw more variablesthe help of inane disclosures of various industries
into the loop, the waiting from slow processing atas well as the PTO issues discussed here, thus
the PTO everything gets put on hold, asthe risk of capital is not usually justified and
innovators do not want to reveal secrets untiltherefore smart people sit on their ideas and do
they are protected, and the PTO takes their timenot produce all they have to give mankind,
and tries to do research although it is hard to benamely information, knowledge and that original
a Michael Creighton when you work for thethought that will change the world we live in and
government.There are some sharp examinersmake it better.Has your Light bulb gone off yet?
there and we have had the opportunity to talkIt should, that was exactly the type of invention
with a few although generally if you are not anthe article is talking about and I feel it safe to say
attorney forget that thought. And if you are anthat everything that will ever be invented
attorney such as our PTO attorney he will tell youprobably has not all been invented yet. Remember
as will anyone dealing in that antiquated system, italso that the Tesla was often compromised in his
takes forever. Sure does and that cost theongoing efforts due to money issues. And
innovators, American Business and the quality ofremember that the Wright Brothers were bicycle
life of every person living on the Planet so much.mechanics working out of a bike shop. Are we
Why are we doing this to ourselves? We need a;quite certain we do not need the future
from the ground up system and completeproducers of knowledge, wisdom, ideas and
revision. We need to fix this situation, a scientistinnovations and that we need to make it difficult
or inventor of the next needed item to make lifefor those who possess the drive to make them
a little better for all of us will go broke and die ofso?Wake up world we are in the year 2003. It is
old age without ever bringing that idea to fruitiontime to accelerate. Bill Gates discussed eliminating
through an entrepreneur or selling his/her inventionpaperwork, and paper forms, I cannot agree
to a large company or our own government tomore.