Overseas Manufacturing/Patent stealing

Check out this Report to the Federal Government.

China and American Inventors -- Selected Consequences of Proposed U.S. Patent

I draw serveral conclusions from this.

1. That the Patent Reform that they speak of probably isn't nessesary.
2. That Patent theft is rare in the US and when it does happen there's a good chance your going to get paid anyways.
3. By applying for a patent your probably setting yourself up for foriegn competititon. It appears the real theft, is happening right under our noses, from foreign countries from the US patent data base.
4. I believe their is a case to be made that the foreign governments are sponsoring this.
5. Probably the best way to find a knock-off product next to yours on the shelf (probably selling for alot less) is to have your product manufactured overseas.