> Patents for sundials really don't make sense. Marketing does. Service > to the customer does. > > Spend your money doing the actual work, not on lawyers. > > Best Wishes, > - Ben >
Here it is!.. Nailed Right on the Head!!!!! You have to consider the total "fortune" you are attempting to protect with intellectual property rights legalities. Trying to protect a small niche market will just soak up your profits. It doesn't seem that there isn't very much competition in the dial market and there probably isn't millions to be made - otherwise Microsoft, Coke, GM, Ford and a few others would be peddling dials too. As mentioned before, spend your time marketing and developing your product and don't worry about cheap knock-offs being sold by Harbor Freight Tools. -Cary
