Re: 360 degree video real time... interested?

["z" <rmwbsee@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Uhrig
re: web photos
I see an amazing life-full of experiences in the surveilance world,
Post long and prosper!

Where might this Junior Engineer go for Marketing help?
Ryan Witta
BSEE PSU 2002



"Steve Uhrig" <Steve@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:32:35 -0400, "z" <rmwbsee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Any other thoughts on marketing patent legal issues is still welcome.
>> Thanks again, to all who contribute.
>
> I admire the innovation many have expressed.
>
> I hate to be a wet blanket, but a very similar product already is in
> the Homeland Security market. I read a new product release about 3
> weeks ago in several of the government publications.
>
> However, research what's out there and see if you can do it better.
>
> Re patents, research Don Lancaster's online articles on the matter.
> It's unlikely you can afford a patent to start with, and by filing you
> release all details into the public domain.
>
> Start here. First hit on Google:
>
> http://www.tinaja.com/patnt01.html
>
> Then a patent simply gives you legal right to sue someone who violates
> it. If a large company can out-lawyer you, you lose. It is a common
> misconception competitors or persons wishing to use your intellectual
> property will buy it from you or pay you a commission.
>
> They won't. They'll spend the money instead to break your patent, and
> there are very few which can't be broken by someone determined to do
> so.
>
> There now is an annual fee for keeping a patent alive, which costs you
> whether you do anything with it or not.
>
> Stats show perhaps 1% of items or ideas patented actually are brought
> to market.
>
> And someone else working on the same idea simply can build the thing
> offshore where you can't touch them.
>
> Figure it will run not less than  $50K and likely a good bit more,
> using a mandatory attorney, to file and obtain a patent. From start to
> finish will be several years.
>
> You're better off keeping the details quiet, not patenting, and
> getting in and out of the market and make your money quickly.
>
> My father has 25 electronic patents in the defense industry. As a kid
> he and I did patent searches together, he taught me to write
> disclosures and all the ins and outs. It's gotten worse, not better. I
> never bothered to patent any of our company's products. We simply
> marketed them as soon as possible, got in and captured the early
> sales, and built a reputation and deep niche in the technology while
> other companies were taking their time getting to market. My company
> was manufacturing commercial and government wireless video before
> anyone else had heard of it for surveillance. We still sell it, even
> with all the competition, and never patented any of it.
>
> Keep working and innovating, but maybe team up with a business
> manager. Engineers don't run companies very well.
>
> Your project sounds interesting. I hope you are able to do something
> with it, or a child of it. Nice to see someone actually using their
> brain on innovation and finding solutions to problems.
>
> Steve
>
>
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