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Bookmarks for March 24th | Eros Daily Musings and Digressions — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:01:17 +0000

[...] A tale of intriguing timing. — Desk Full of Dildos – The death knell has been sounded, dear readers, for Chilldils. A great idea, which still prevailed even when faced with numerous bumps in the road, a concept that I loved not only because it was my ‘baby’, but also because it was people like YOU who gave it life, has been barred from moving any further. (More drama about a sex toy company giving personal info on former workers) [...]

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By: Tzadkiel

Tzadkiel — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:59:07 +0000

Hrmm. My passing familiarity with patents has a lot to do with “first to file” not always first to invent.

Claim you are infringing – cause you to stall – and then apply for a patent on YOUR product since he has the means.

By: Wilhelmina

Wilhelmina — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:35:08 +0000

just dropping by to show my support. i think you should continue fighting against these asshats if you can. you have a really good idea here.

By: ThatToyChick

ThatToyChick — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:40:58 +0000

What I find incredibly ironic is that the alleged patent-holding company states that the reason they are able to move forward with this product at all is because they recently won (in tandem with several other manufacturers) a successful defense against a far-reaching patent held by someone who sought to make claims that the very concept of glass dildos was patented.

Perhaps instead of glass sex toys, they should look into building glass houses.

By: OnyxStSyr

OnyxStSyr — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:06:14 +0000

Well, the fact that they initially claimed what you did was copyright infringement is interesting. Patents and copyrights are two very distinct parts of Intellectual property Law that have no direct bearing on each other. To me this reeks of someone who does not have the IP they wish they have and so are sending ambiguous threats to “{shake down” competition.

Until you see an actual patent number I wouldn’t be too worried, to me this just sounds like a bluff.

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By: Gray

Gray — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:26:45 +0000

This is such an interesting story and I wish I’d been around long enough to know more of the story and be able to offer some help or something.

In the meantime, did you try searching via google’s patent search? http://www.google.com/patents I’ve never tried it – but if it’s like most google products, they probably made it rather user-friendly.

By: ThatToyChick

ThatToyChick — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:53:57 +0000

Thank you for your support, everyone. The person in question has claimed twice in emails that he owns an intellectual property, and has said in a public press release that he holds a patent for his own product. He is supposedly sending me the patent number, which is the only reliable way of looking up a patent or patent-holder – unfortunately, the patent database is a maze to anyone but patent lawyers themselves…looking up info personally isn’t a reliable way of finding patents. I looked myself before I started Chilldils and turned up nothing, else I likely wouldn’t have started the venture in the first place. Once I have the patent from the person in question, I plan to turn it over to a lawyer to compare and contrast. If my lawyer assures me that I am on solid ground to continue, I will – otherwise, it isn’t worth it to me to risk taking on a pair of vindictive entities that apparently have an axe to grind.

As far as just getting a patent for my own design, patents are incredibly expensive, and can run into the 10k+ range, which is another reason I’m not simply forging ahead. If they have a patent, they have a patent – I’m just curious why they are seemingly so reluctant to give over the information that would allow me to verify this. In my opinion, if our roles were reversed, I would say: “I have a patent, it is number xxxx, and you have to stop all work on this immediately because of this”, not make vague threats via email and snarky messages on a blog. To speak plainly, I think their oft-referenced legal ‘department’ is about as plausible as a unicorn living in my garage, but it IS possible they have a (single) lawyer and a standing patent.

By: Mr Puck

Mr Puck — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:37:01 +0000

Sorry to hear this, I really love watching people take an idea and bring it to reality and thought you were well on your way. I would ignore the advice that you are getting suggesting you press forward. They know you are underfunded and will just have a lawyer bury you in paperwork. Don’t continue unless you have all the ducks in a row.

Having said that, you strike me as an intelligent, tough MOFO that isn’t done as far as business goes. I wish you luck.