Whistleblower
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A whistleblower (whistle-blower or whistle blower)[1] is a person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities (misconduct) occurring in a government department, a public or private organization, or a company. The alleged misconduct may be classified in many ways; for example, a violation of a law, rule, regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest, such as fraud, health/safety violations, and corruption. Whistleblowers may make their allegations internally (for example, to other people within the accused organization) or externally (to regulators, law enforcement agencies, to the media or to groups concerned with the issues).
One of the first laws that protected whistleblowers was the 1863 United States False Claims Act (revised in 1986), which tried to combat fraud by suppliers of the United States government during the Civil War. The act encourages whistleblowers by promising them a percentage of the money recovered or damages won by the government and protects them from wrongful dismissal.[2]
Whistleblowers frequently face reprisal, sometimes at the hands of the organization or group which they have accused, sometimes from related organizations, and sometimes under law.
Ive been asked in the past from forum member's if I would give a Lesson on Research, and Patent/Application searching due to me being considered pretty darn good in it.....
Sherri, glad to hear you are doing your homework up front. We need to get more people doing that. Your suggestion to get Gizmo to do a patenting exercise is great. I have always said he is extremely good at doing those types of searches. I asked him if he would try and put something together in this thread http://www.edisonnation.com/forums/other/topics... but he never responded back. I think everyone would learn something new if he would do it.
Topic: Don't Pay For A Patent Search Before You Look Yourself First Again, great advice Roger…even the $20/$25 you spend submitting different ideas here could start adding up if you just “haphazardly” submit tons of ideas before checking to see what’s out there!Topic: Don't Pay For A Patent Search Before You Look Yourself First
I’m getting a little better at patent searching than I was when I first stumbled upon EN (Many thanks to Talva!) but still have lots to learn and understand! Too bad Gizmo doesn’t do some fun and creative exercises here with us all to help hone our patent searching skills…like you do with us novices and all your fun lessons!!
Topic: Lesson # 24 Can You Say It In Just A Few Words?
That is why I am hoping we can all encourage Gizmo to work up an exercise on patents for this thread. He deals with that topic daily and has a website for doing patent searches. So, he is the resident resource for that topic.
Dasvidaniya : )
Topic: Lesson # 24 Can You Say It In Just A Few Words?
Patent searches on the USPTO site are very confusing; it would be nice if Gizmo would publish a directory of search terms, symbols, and procedures.
I had two searches performed by registered patent attorneys, plus at least three on my own, and the examiner still found three conflicting patents.
[color=#0000BF][i]Topic: Lesson # 24 Can You Say It In Just A Few Words?
That is why I am hoping we can all encourage Gizmo to work up an exercise on patents for this thread. He deals with that topic daily and has a website for doing patent searches. So, he is the resident resource for that topic.
Dasvidaniya : )
Topic: Which Comes First, Money or Research?
``Because not everyone knows how to go find your application``
….and THAT is why I would use Gizmo to patent search for me if I needed it.http://totalpatentsearch.com/default.aspx[/i][/color]
Topic: Patent search resulted in no US patent. Search Foreign?
Hey Gizmo, Mark, you both hit the nail on the head. You would not believe how many Invenotrs contact me daily asking me to review their idea and are shocked when I find their idea within minutes already for sale on the web. That is without even trying to look it up doing a patent search.
A patent search is the one of the first things I tell them to do before throwing money away having the idea prototyped or investing in CAD drawings. I have to admit you are the king of patent searches. You always find ones I wouldn’t have thought to look for.
Dittos on the website.http://www.rogerbrown.net
posted about a year ago ()
Topic: The Idea Den
David, you would be surprised how many Inventors contact me after they have already sunk a ton of cash into a project wanting me to help get their idea to market. The problem is that most of the time I find their product within a couple of minutes on the net. So, I am not sure why they didn’t spend some time doing the same thing and save themselves a lot of expense.
It isn’t rocket science to do a search between the patent office and Google patent search.
Now, for the hard to find items I proclaim Gizmo the king of the searches. That guy can find a patent no matter where it is hiding.http://www.rogerbrown.net
posted about a year ago ()
[i]Mark Reyland
markreyland
Topic: Patent search resulted in no US patent. Search Foreign?
Good advice Gizmo - It’s great to get some advice from someone who searches professionally.
Like you said searching patents is far more difficult than people think. And to an inventor it’s a critical step in the start of the process. An inventor should NEVER invest a bunch of money in an idea before they have had at least a cursory patent search done.
I like the new web site Gizmo (http://www.totalpatentsearch.com) ….looks great and it should help inventors to have a low cost honest place to start.
Mark Reyland
posted about a year ago () [/i]
Topic: How Is The Inventor Protected??
I have to agree with both Roger and Gizmo – you need more data before you start saying someone stole something – you just may not fully understand how this industry works. In the end I doubt EN violated your trust, it’s not their style.
As for patent searches – Gizmo is a pit bull – We always use him for our searches because we know he will get to the bottom of the pile to find everything out there. With over 10 million patents you need to have someone who is really good at churning through the data. For Gizmo it’s a gift.posted about a year ago ()
No my patent searching ability isnt a gift. It took me years to MASTER the process with hard work and determination. By the way there are not 10 Million Patents in the USA...Ask Mr. JohnDoe
On August 16th 2011 the USPTO issued patent number 8 Thousand. Now if the statement from Reyland in the above quote said 10,000 patents and published applications he would be correct......
http://www.uspto.gov/news/pr/2011/11-47.jsp
I'm pretty SURE I QUALIFY, so it's time I give a Combination Lesson that involves Basic Google Research & Patent/Applications . I'm even going to teach how to get into the USPTO Public Pair System to view an entire Patent Application file report.
Lets call it Lesson # 2
How to Research and back up what you located ! . Im going to use all the Product Claims below in the lesson.It will be so easy any Novice Inventor/idea person can follow my path. Mark Reyland
markreyland
Sure Mary -
As far as industry inventions – I’ve invented several things including 3D Vehicle Wraps (http://www.innovativebrand.com/) and several other technologies that I can’t really talk about publicly because they are either in development or involved in deal negotiations.On the retail products side of things I created and/or developed…..
The Game Paw (Cat style foam finger) Cincinnati Bengals Style, UC and UK
The University of Cincinnati Mascot Basketball Figure
The University of Kentucky Mascot Basketball Figure
Wacky 911 cd’s
NovaGrip eyeglasses anti-slip pads
The Flip Side quilting ruler line
Ba’Noodles
Twist Caps
Sporty Girl Foam Wrap….And at least 12 more products in development for later this year.
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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