"->forside

The OEM production manager told me that they were going to have their lawyer review my patent to see how it was written and would sue them for damages and royalties if they had infringed on my patent claims. I was in disbelief of what they were telling me as I was only expecting to license my systems to them. Meanwhile, I got a new drafting program for my computer to draw electronic schematics of my systems to provide the OEM manufacturer with the best diagrams possible. As I was drafting diagrams in my computer room one evening, I thought to myself, "I wonder what kind of robots I could draw using this drafting program compared to the robots I used to draw with pencil when I was younger." The results of my robot artwork concepts turned out so cool I had them printed, then I framed them and hung them on the wall in my computer room. Little did I know this would later develop into my Zenithoid story project.

Several months later during the fall of 2006 I receive a note from the OEM production manager, he told me their lawyer discovered that the suspected automotive manufacturers were not infringing on my intellectual property as they found an easy way to work around the patent claims. Then he continued to tell me their lawyer also recommended that they do not license my patent as it was not wrote well enough to protect my intellectual property. I was devastated and in disbelief. I had a second and third opinion from other lawyers in Saint Louis Missouri (USA) and discovered the same thing, it was written in such a way that the patent did not protect my systems like I believed it did. I continued to try and salvage something from it but the more I tried, the more I realized the patent was not protecting what I had developed. With all the time, effort and money I invested, this was one of the biggest disappointments I've ever had in any project I've ever developed.

For the next few months it was hard to get this off my mind but I had no idea of what would happen with my robot artwork until I caught the flu a few months later. Eventually this devastating event would be turned into a positive life changing event and allow me to express my creativity in an extremely efficient and effective way.

To be continued...

Link:
http://www.Zenithoids.com

Similar case stories:
Robot Merchandise: 3 perspectives
Black Box: A Lecture On A Robotic Play By Gold Extra
Android-Human Theater: Sayonara

[image sources: Paul J. Berryhill]
[source: Vive Les Robots!]