Re: TRM - Morbidity has set in, or not?

From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 13:15:32 GMT
Message-ID: <Ufkag.5032$S7.397@news-server.bigpond.net.au>

J M Davitt wrote:
> Frank Hamersley wrote:
>
> [snip]
>

>> FWICR you have to pay an annual fee to keep the patent alive - is that 
>> still happening?

>
> Absolutely. Patent holders have to pay each government from which they
> expect protection. Of course, protection only means that, when you find
> an infringement, you have standing in that country's courts when you seek
> to recover.
>
> And the bite isn't small. I did an "intellectual property management"
> warehouse for a large and well-known American electronics manufacturer
> which was generating patents by the truck load. I was absolutely amazed
> at how much money was being handed over every month.

I understand the amount escalates, presumably as you are expected to be increasing your royalty income over time (if your invention is any good).

If you don't pay I guess its open slather and the patent lapses. I presume there are no squatters rights in that event either so the technique becomes public domain from that point?

Anyway - back to the real question - is the TRM patent still actively being funded?

Cheers, Frank. Received on Tue May 16 2006 - 08:15:32 CDT