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Presumably the goal would be to have the designer of the stained glass dome receive some kind of royalty for its use in the new building. And so the losses from
by rpdillon 2y ago
Presumably the goal would be to have the designer of the stained glass dome receive some kind of royalty for its use in the new building. And so the losses from not having it licensed correctly would be whatever those fees would be.
> As a result, I had financial expenses that I did not intend to have. I spent a lot of time doing research, analyzing drawings and different information. I did put an effort to protect my intellectual property and integrity of my original design. Above all, I experienced a lot of negative emotions while I was working on this case.
> Consequently, I stopped working on all design projects developments for all my current clients that I was under the contract with. The reason was that stressed and depressed I could not provide the quality design services to my clients as I usually do. Sadly, four months of my professional life were taken away. The case has not been fully resolved.
So, rather than getting the royalties he was presumably owed under a license, he instead became so stressed and financially burdened that he had to stop work entirely.
Ironically, it seems like he would have come away with more money if he had done nothing at all.
- xeonmc 2y agoAs someone who had analogous experiences, I find this take highly uncharitable. It’s easy to say what the most financially advisable course of action should be, it is a totally different matter when something which you had committed personal pride into being exploited like that puts you in the kind of emotional rut which is further exacerbated by being keenly aware that you are sabotaging your financial interests by sulking. It takes a significant amount of courage to acknowledge how much the emotional toll had gotten in your way, knowing full well of how people might deride your sulking as self-sabotage.
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- jurmous 2y agoVictoria Balva: she
- rpdillon 2y agoThank you. I did not read closely enough to get the gender correct, my mistake.
- VictoiaBalva 2y agoThe compensation they offered was the maximum sum based on Chinese IP law. However, it was so tiny that it did not help with anything. If I accept the compensation, they would produce a poorly designed glass ceiling that somehow would be connected to my brand and products but would not reflect the true nature of my art glass. If the company stoles buildings without paying royalties to the original creators, do you believe they are interested in paying anything to me? The question was rhetorical