Comment by 🚀 stack

My favorite fail involved an IP attorney I hired to negotiate with a large manufacturer/distributor in a specific market. Turned out he was more interested in getting the manufacturer as a client, and at one point asked me how one could work around my patent, in order to supposedly strengthen it and apply for supplemental patents. Like a fool I told him what I would do (which was pretty specific and not at all obvious), and a couple of days later the manufacturer did just that. The manufacturer told me that he 'had fulfilled all his legal and moral obligations' and told me to f**k off. The product has been a good seller in their catalog for over two decades now.

Oh, and I had to pay the attorney another fifteen thousand to avoid getting sued.

Sep 14 · 3 months ago

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Wow that is pretty bad. I got offered a consulting gig basically doing the same thing, telling someone how to defeat my former company's patents. The offer was $150 for a one hour consultation but the screener questions were specific enough to get the required information without paying. I told them no thanks.

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