Comments on: Copying Products Overseas – Is it so bad? http://blog.michaelmichelini.com/2009/06/copying-products-overseas-is-it-so-bad.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=copying-products-overseas-is-it-so-bad Its not always where you are, but where you want to go, and getting there. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Maybe China is Right to Make It Difficult For Foreigners? http://blog.michaelmichelini.com/2009/06/copying-products-overseas-is-it-so-bad.html/comment-page-1#comment-9839 Maybe China is Right to Make It Difficult For Foreigners? Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:28:22 +0000 http://blog.michaelmichelini.com/?p=839#comment-9839 [...] i never think this way….many innovations start in usa and grow internationally….i blog about copying products overseas last year…..and rationalize why should the rest of the world wait and hope for the US company [...] [...] i never think this way….many innovations start in usa and grow internationally….i blog about copying products overseas last year…..and rationalize why should the rest of the world wait and hope for the US company [...]

]]> By: mike http://blog.michaelmichelini.com/2009/06/copying-products-overseas-is-it-so-bad.html/comment-page-1#comment-594 mike Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:35:36 +0000 http://blog.michaelmichelini.com/?p=839#comment-594 hi there, I am not saying its OK to copy products overseas.....what I am saying is that we need to find some sort of solution to this, and a way for products and services be represented globally - more quickly and freely. The high fees of lawyers, and the costs of launching internationally is out of touch for startups....if we can find a way to have foreign companies more quickly represent that product or service fairly in that home country, and justly pay the orginal inventor, that would be an amazing platform or service.. hi there,

I am not saying its OK to copy products overseas…..what I am saying is that we need to find some sort of solution to this, and a way for products and services be represented globally – more quickly and freely. The high fees of lawyers, and the costs of launching internationally is out of touch for startups….if we can find a way to have foreign companies more quickly represent that product or service fairly in that home country, and justly pay the orginal inventor, that would be an amazing platform or service..

]]> By: IP hand http://blog.michaelmichelini.com/2009/06/copying-products-overseas-is-it-so-bad.html/comment-page-1#comment-580 IP hand Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:05:05 +0000 http://blog.michaelmichelini.com/?p=839#comment-580 Mike, Thanks for your rendition on whether to copy commercial ideas or not. Unfortunately, some companies are slowly becoming internationally sophisticated and are finding out the hard way - that they need to protect and launch their product in the global marketplace. But their oversight should not be a "free pass" for others to "pass off" or infringe their rights. Perhaps a good example is domain name theft or "cybersquatting". Cybercriminals search for an upcoming successful product name or start-up name and quickly register it in another country thereby "stealing " and then demanding the victim to pay for their name - what would be called extortion in the civil law world. It is hard to justify these actions in a world of law and order. But then, maybe that's the crux of the issue - there are no rules in the land absent law & order. Mike,
Thanks for your rendition on whether to copy commercial ideas or not.
Unfortunately, some companies are slowly becoming internationally sophisticated and are finding out the hard way – that they need to protect and launch their product in the global marketplace. But their oversight should not be a “free pass” for others to “pass off” or infringe their rights. Perhaps a good example is domain name theft or “cybersquatting”. Cybercriminals search for an upcoming successful product name or start-up name and quickly register it in another country thereby “stealing ” and then demanding the victim to pay for their name – what would be called extortion in the civil law world. It is hard to justify these actions in a world of law and order. But then, maybe that’s the crux of the issue – there are no rules in the land absent law & order.

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