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Why
I don't patent . . .
"I do
not patent my developments.
-George
Wiseman-
I
get several major personal advantages by
not patenting the type of technology that
I work with (free energy
technologies):
•
I actually make more money for my research,
by immediately having product for sale (books
and devices).
•
I sleep well at night with no concern about
anyone making my devices for resale, I
encourage independent manufacture of my
technology. People can't steal what I give
away.
•
I'm not concerned about the technology being
lost if I 'disappear,' because it's already
out there and being used. It's very sad how
much valuable information has been lost by
inventors taking it with them to their
grave.
• The
technology gets put in place by people who make
money. So I don't have to expend my time
selling, I spend my time making better
products.
In any case,
the main point is, the technology makes it to
the market.
This point
is vital; my 'not patenting' philosophy actually
gets the technology onto the market, whereas
THOUSANDS of energy products registered in the
patent office are NOT on the market.
This should
be important to YOU, as YOU are the one who most
benefits.
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Eagle-Research
Non-Disclosure Page:
I've enclosed an
email I received from an inventor who at this
writing is 85 years old and still 'sharp as a
tack.' He is still inventing when he is not
acting as a consultant for private and
government agencies. He explains the logic
behind non-disclosures fairly well.
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PROPRIETARY
SECRECY AGREEMENT
(Restricted
Disclosure Agreement)
Inventions
containing materials easily changed to
function the
same as the
original are impossible to protect with
patents.
Beware the
patent agent or attorney who insists such can
be
patent
protected. Get another. The fee is his only
interest.
Proprietary
items can carry a protection level far beyond
any
patent. To
attain and keep that power, prior to exposure
of the
item to
others, it is absolutely necessary that each
exposee sign
such secrecy
agreement to be kept by the issuer. In the
event
anyone down
the chain of exposure reveals the secret to
anyone
who has not
signed such agreement, should anyone who has
consum-
mated the
agreement steal the secret and go into
business of
manufacturing
and selling such, they be prosecuted in any
Superi-
or Court in
the nation or brought to justice in any other
coun-
try.
Penalties for such violations are severe.
Some jurisdic-
tions go
beyond monetary penalties with jail
time.
On the other
hand, patents must first be validated in a
Federal
Court, then
prosecuted in that court for infringement.
Simple
patent
infringements have produced fines in the
millions of
dollars.
Many attorneys will work on a percentage
basis of money
recovered
from patents and proprietary items. It is not
diffi-
cult to
discover manufacturers of such items since
they will
appear on
the market.
Following
are the elements of the secrecy agreement
that can be
changed to
suit the occasion. This is the briefest and
most
powerful
legal instrument ever written. Changeable
elements are
in CAPs. The
product identification must contain a clear
descrip-
tion of all
components.
BODY OF THE
PROPRIETARY SECRECY AGREEMENT
In return
for (NAME OF SIGNER AND COMPANY NAME OF
EXPOSURE) being
permitted
access to technical information related to
(PRODUCT
IDENTIFICATION
HERE), I agree at all times during the term
of
such access
and forever after, to hold in strictest
confidence
and not to
disclose to any person, firm or corporation
without
express
written authorization from (NAME OF HOLDER OF
THE ORIGI-
NAL SECRECY
AGREEMENT, OR ANY AND ALL SUCCESSORS)
relating to any
information,
technique, formula, development work in
progress,
trade
secrets, devices or any other secret of
confidential matter
relating
thereto.
Signed by
the original owner, or
successor/s_________________
Dated_______________________________________________________
SPECIFIC:
Where a proprietary chemical product is being
manufac-
tured with
employees doing the work, good protection
from in-
house
thieves is to keep all purchase records
beyond reach, or
preferably
away from the property. Arrange for chemical
ship-
ments to be
made at another address where chemical names
can be
obliterated
and replaced by a code only know to you. This
pre-
vents the
average employee from writing them down, with
amounts
and
procedures necessary to assemble the product.
It does not
prevent an
intelligent employee form stealing small
amounts, and
take them
out for analysis identification. However, his
signa-
ture on the
agreement will sink his boat if he quits and
goes
into
competition.
To provide
more faith in this system, consider Coca-Cola
who has
existed for
over a century with such secret. Fifty years
ago, it
was learned
that only three held the secret formula and
periodi-
cally
assembled to make the concentrate for the
factory. Later,
Pepsi-Cola
and other majors followed. Unlike patents
that have
17 year
lives, proprietary agreements have infinite
lifetimes
without cost
to anyone.
William. A.
Rhodes, Physicist. 24 May, 1999
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Now that
you've read that, here is my standard
non-disclosure. As you can see, I add a few
conditions, mostly limiting the confidential
information to only the confidential
information and then provide a clause that
will allow the information to become public
domain if the consultant can't be reached.
I've a lot of things I can't talk about
because I've signed non-disclosures that did
not have this clause and the consultant
'disappeared.' It is a good idea for both
parties to sign and for their signatures to
be witnessed if the information is truly
sensitive.
Non-Disclosure
and Confidentiality Agreement
I, (signers
name), of (company), (address); (phone
number):
herein known
as signer, hereby declare and agree to the
following.
That I shall
not to disclose, make known, divulge,
disseminate, or communicate such confidential
and proprietary information or any part
thereof to any person, firm, corporation,
company or entity that I shall receive at any
time from (consultant's name) of
(consultant's address, phone number, business
name); herein known as consultant, with
exceptions noted below.
That this
agreement is not valid or meant to cover
information received from consultant that is
not proprietary or confidential, specifically
information that:
1)
Consultant has given signer permission in
writing to disclose or use.
2) Is in
public domain at any time.
3) Is known
to signer independently of
consultant.
4) Becomes
known to signer from sources other than
consultant.
That if
signer has not heard from consultant for a
period of two years since the last
communication and signer is unable to
reasonably contact consultant, that the
information covered by this agreement becomes
public domain.
Date
(signer)
As a final
note: The signer of the non-disclosure
agreement should sign and date EACH copy of
every page that is given to him/her
(obviously you keep signed copies). Thus you
each have proof with signature of EXACTLY
what you gave under the disclosure agreement.
This actually protects the signer as well,
because they can prove what was actually
covered under the agreement should the
innovator start to claim more was
given.
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