Dear Jed, I think the best patent agents can improve a situation but cannot reverse a lost situation to one of a winner. If he had a compound X acting as catalyst, he could easily get a patent protecting the E-cats against copying of the core with Compound X. Theoretically good, in practice a bit complicated and risky. peter
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jouni Valkonen <jounivalko...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Was this approach right or wrong, it can be debated. I think that it was >> just wrong approach. >> > I agree. Plus I think a test of a 1 MW reactor is fraught with > difficulties. It is much easier to test 1 to 10 kW. > > > >> In my opinnion Rossi should have opensourced this technology back in 2009 >> when he filed patent application. >> > > I think what you mean here is that he should have revealed the technology > in anticipation of getting a patent. Not that he should have given it away. > Some people have suggested he should give it away because it is so > important, and it will save so many lives. That would make him the most > generous philanthropist in history. I think it is asking too much that he > should be both a brilliant inventor and also a philanthropist. > > The problem with your plan may be that his patent is weak. He and Defkalion > have both said they will rely on trade secrets to protect their intellectual > property. That tells me his patent is weak. > > I do not know much about patents but his other patent seems weak. Very > weak. Like trying to stop an automobile with a spider's web. > > I do know about trade secrets. I predict that a few months after > corporations worldwide realize the Rossi reactors are real, this trade > secret will be broken in dozens of corporations in the U.S., Europe, Japan > and China. You can protect a trade secret for a product with a niche market > that calls for inside knowledge, skill, and lots of art. Conventional > catalysts are a good example. You cannot protect a trade secret for a rather > simple device that is vital to every industry on earth, and that is worth > hundreds of trillions of dollars over the next 100 years. > > I am only guessing here, but my impression is that Rossi is stuck. He seems > to have no good method of protecting his intellectual property. That's > awful. Assuming it works, it is the most valuable discovery in history and > he deserves a trillion dollars in royalties. I fear he may get nothing. > > If he gets nothing in the end, this will be partly his own fault. His > personality may be causing problems. But it seems to me his main problem is > that this particular intellectual property is very tough to protect. I > cannot think of a good marketing strategy. I wouldn't know how to do this. > If he asked my advice, I would suggest he talk to experts in patent law and > intellectual property. Perhaps he has talked to them. Maybe he has a good > strategy. I don't see how doing a 1 MW demonstration would fit into a good > strategy, but since I know nothing about his plans I cannot judge. > > - Jed > > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
