|
While these schemes may not always involve out and out fraud, the value of the services actually provided is often overstated and unrealistically optimistic. The services provided, usually at exceptionally high prices, are frequently questionable and involve activities the inventor could easily handle at little or no cost without this high-priced assistance.
These services are often touted on radio ads and TV commercials as well as showing up in classified ads. They are directed toward part-time inventors operating out of their homes, who have little or no knowledge of what to do after inventing a device they feel is marketable.
When the inventor contacts such services, he or she is given the impression that the invention is marketable and success is all but guaranteed. In fact, however, such services seldom produce any beneficial results for the inventor. One of these companies, for instance, reportedly successfully marketed only one fifth of one percent of the inventions it handled.
Part-time inventors can avoid problems which could cost them a lot of money by checking with the National Inventor Fraud Center, which provides valuable information on patenting and licensing, as well as anti-fraud tips and lists of "bad guys" and "good guys." To reach this on line site now , click on the link below:
______________________________
|
|
