Was hoping to get your input on this. I stumbled upon an invention that is produced overseas (Asia). Its design is simple, but it is unique and therefore patentable (is that even a word lol?).
The thing is I am not the inventor. I checked and it doesn't seem to be patented in the US or Canada. Has anyone ever "stolen" an invention in this way and come back to the US to get the idea patented and then build it for sale in the US, Mexico, and Canada?
I also want to discuss the ethics of this. I think it is wrong, but I can also hear Kevin O'Leary tell me it is okay because I am being greedy. If I imagine it, Kevin O'Leary would go out of his way to do this because it is unethical, but not illegal, and he would claim it was just business at the end of the day. I want to be ethical, but I also desperately need to get out of the sidewalk and slowlane.
The thing is I am not the inventor. I checked and it doesn't seem to be patented in the US or Canada. Has anyone ever "stolen" an invention in this way and come back to the US to get the idea patented and then build it for sale in the US, Mexico, and Canada?
I also want to discuss the ethics of this. I think it is wrong, but I can also hear Kevin O'Leary tell me it is okay because I am being greedy. If I imagine it, Kevin O'Leary would go out of his way to do this because it is unethical, but not illegal, and he would claim it was just business at the end of the day. I want to be ethical, but I also desperately need to get out of the sidewalk and slowlane.
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