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If you are sued, then post details here (it is public then) and the community may be able to assist. Adding to your patent portfolio as a defence is also a good
by aurizon 9y ago
If you are sued, then post details here (it is public then) and the community may be able to assist. Adding to your patent portfolio as a defence is also a good idea. Your enemy is also going to do this.
You can also sue because the grant process that involves external reviewers probably makes these reviewers sign an NDA. This competing company may be fraudulently volunteering to review cases to get advance warning of up and coming competitors - more chicanery.
- sunandshine 9y agoYou mean that they might start filing for patents now, based on the contents of our grant application? That's something we hadn't considered as a possibility. :-/
- aurizon 9y agoYes, you have to think in a defensive manner. You should also get a court order compelling the grant people to tell you who saw your info and whether or not they have their vetters sign an NDA. A signed NDA may be a valuable factor in any signed litigation if they saw your data and made a patent application (disclosed info they agreed in writing not to disclose).