Re: if federal gov't deems product(s) to be vital .....
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Jan 02, 2014 11:32AM
You wrote .. "... (the) system my not find in their favor, but agrees with our infringement claims, and then (they) are allowed to continue to sell their products if the federal gov't deems the said product(s) to be vital to our economy and national security."
I agree with you there, and will add, they're allowed to do so with almost no downside !
The unfortunate extension of this, is when the Government knocks on your door and then takes your Patents from you through an Eminent Domain process because they claim it IS so important to the economy and Security of the country; and/or they may or may not like how you're utilizing, licensing or restricting the technology's use.
Once the Gov gets it, then they will utilize it's use how they see fit, and that includes granting the technology or access to larger or strategic companies who may be the very one's that were resisting your commercialization efforts in the first place.
The MMP isn't in that category, but such confiscatory actions against private Patents Rights by the Federal Government have been more and more egregious and common in the past few years.
The game is rigged for those at the top and the bottom; the people/businesses in the middle are suffering this Kabuki theater.