| Incompetence is all too obvious at the trade | | | | years we have seen a doubling ever year in the |
| shows of major industries in the United States. At | | | | amount of products which have been pirated. The |
| the AAPEX Trade Show, it was apparent that the | | | | software industry, movie industry, publishing |
| PTO needs to answer some of those Viagra | | | | industry, aircraft industry, heavy equipment, |
| Spam-emails; because they are absolutely | | | | industry, trucking industry, auto aftermarket |
| Impotent to the piracy of patents, trademarks, | | | | industry, need I name more? Surely the mighty |
| concepts and innovations in our country. There | | | | government can do something about this situation, |
| was at least, and this is not an exaggeration, 10 | | | | before we have NONE, as in NONE, ZERO |
| Football fields of Knock-Off Asian products at the | | | | manufacturing jobs left. As you can tell I was |
| show of patented products manufactured in | | | | outraged. Yet, we as people are focused on |
| China, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, | | | | many other issues in the media like the Michael |
| Malaysia, India, etc.The President of the United | | | | Jackson Trial, while our country, brains, innovations |
| States ought to show up at one of these | | | | and jobs are being stolen right out from under our |
| manufacturing shows unannounced with a few | | | | noses? Level the playing field, and yes we can |
| secret service guys wearing a fake beard and hat | | | | compete in the World economy.All we need is a |
| with sun glasses and look for himself. I swear to | | | | little reality check from the Unions and |
| god, I threw up after walking through the down | | | | international enforcement of patents. People are |
| stairs show at the Sands EXPO Center. This is a | | | | out of work in the manufacturing sector, these |
| Personal Observation at the Trade Show, I | | | | are real jobs and we need them. If we are to |
| discussed this with many hard working | | | | become the innovators of the world and sell our |
| entrepreneurs in the auto sector. Some parts | | | | inventions then we need to protect them. We |
| were after market products, which are not the | | | | need better skills and education taught to fulfill this |
| patented type, but 85% were. 10 football fields of | | | | and we need PTO enforcement on hand at all |
| products displayed in separate 10 X 10 booths. | | | | trade shows getting to the bottom of this. If |
| Ten football fields. You could park 3-4 747's in | | | | violations occur it is a crime, and therefore we |
| that room.The Czar of manufacturing needs to | | | | need the power to enforce these issues. They |
| get his little ass down there and check it out. | | | | would do it to us and do. I can remember |
| Same at the Westek Show and many other | | | | previously the rules in some nations that you |
| trade shows involving manufacturing. I saw, | | | | have to work through a foreign national in their |
| Coleman Lanterns exactly the same as the green | | | | countries to do business there, yet we have no |
| lanterns they became popular for camping, exact | | | | laws like that and they do not care even if we |
| copies. Green with no Coleman Stickers, selling | | | | did. They have laws against us, but not the other |
| these in broad daylight. Coleman and other niche | | | | way around. That is not a level playing field, that |
| manufacturers have done extremely well | | | | is not balanced trade, that my friends is pure |
| previously hiring workers in the states.It has been | | | | BS.We have laws against us, against our own |
| said by President Bush that America can compete | | | | companies, tying our entrepreneurial hands behind |
| with the world's low cost labor third worlds | | | | our backs, yet they do not follow the same laws |
| emerging. YES. This is correct, I totally agree, | | | | and we do not enforce those few laws we have |
| however when we have our designs, innovations, | | | | in place against them as they flagrantly spit in our |
| inventions, registered patents and trademarks and | | | | faces. Fair is fair, either get out of the way or |
| then sold right in front of our faces in a National | | | | enforce it for all. It was pathetic our generosity |
| Trade Show, by the way this is the second | | | | towards these abuses of our laws and rules of |
| largest attended tradeshow in the US, since it is | | | | intellectual property. How can anyone in the world |
| co-branded and attended by all the SEMA crowd | | | | think otherwise and how come I am not seeing |
| too. Which is the Aftermarket Auto Trade group. | | | | these issues at the top of the list of political |
| and would think that the Chinese, Koreans, etc | | | | agendas? We talk with China about there |
| can go ahead and make their own innovations or | | | | Manipulation of currency? How about the out right |
| pay the royalties to those companies they steal | | | | theft and stealing of our innovations, inventions, |
| the patented products from, it would not be that | | | | patents, concepts and markets? We attack our |
| much money and everyone is treaded fairly on a | | | | companies and threaten them with fines from |
| level playing field. We have certainly heard talk | | | | Elliot Spitzer, SEC, FTC, etc. and then turn a blind |
| about these problems, but the Czar of | | | | eye to the to intellectual theft while we demand |
| Manufacturing has not addressed it to the degree | | | | transparency of our own corporation right down |
| of the actual problem and we pussy foot around | | | | to the dollar on the books, which is available to all |
| the Free Trade debate by listening to | | | | thru EDGAR and other sources for the same |
| conservative think tanks and liberal bleeding hearts | | | | international competitor who is stealing us blind. |
| who want to help other nations peoples, so they | | | | We give away so much. We attack our own and |
| can live better. That is just wonderful, but not by | | | | then allow those who have no reason to assist |
| stealing American Entrepreneurs dreams, jobs and | | | | our people, exploit our weaknesses. We make |
| designs. Play fair and compete, that is free | | | | everything public and then our companies have no |
| enterprise, this other thing is just plain | | | | chance against the sneak attacks on our markets, |
| stealing.These other countries exploit workers and | | | | products and companies. The stuff just shows up |
| keep the cash for their stealing entrepreneurs, | | | | one day in the ports with 10-20 packed shipping |
| who from an Eastern Culture point of view see | | | | containers of copied parts? No trace? Then they |
| nothing wrong with this. Meanwhile the PTO allows | | | | take our stuff sell it to other markets, which we |
| these Violations of Intellectual property on our | | | | are not allowed to sell in? Or where our |
| citizens as they build a 600 million dollar building | | | | companies would have to pay extensive tariffs. |
| which is suppose to fix things? Hardly, when | | | | What a complete shame, what a complete slap in |
| government agencies get bigger they become | | | | the face to free enterprise, the hypocrisy of the |
| less effective not more efficient. All this does is | | | | WTO and international trade groups is so |
| provide more jobs for low income people in | | | | obviously stacked against fairness of strength and |
| Washington, who create paperwork slowing the | | | | competition that it is a wonder anyone can utter |
| process not protecting it. And of course this also | | | | the words free markets in good faith.We allow |
| provides more work for more lawyers who | | | | companies who are offshore or foreign to |
| launch suits against our own citizens in infighting | | | | compete with us without disclosure, while our |
| instead of catching the real culprits in Asia. If a | | | | public companies cannot hide anything from |
| company here moves manufacturing to Asia, | | | | competitors otherwise they are in subpoena city |
| they also are giving them the edge to create | | | | of regulation extortion, they are in violation of the |
| higher sophisticated technology in manufacturing | | | | Sarbanes Oxley or the myriad of rules, |
| and methods. have been advised that we will be | | | | regulations, laws and the letters of those laws, |
| getting a Czar of Manufacturing, so let's get his | | | | the intent of those laws and/or case law which |
| little butt out to the real problems and see it and | | | | was decided in some bogus politically motivated |
| report back to the President Administration. The | | | | jurisdiction Kangaroo Court with an elected judge |
| Czar of Manufacturing has many issues to deal | | | | who is beholden to the people who got him/her |
| with such as Free Trade, PTO, Violations of | | | | elected. How can any entrepreneur predict, what |
| Intellectual property and working together for a | | | | a court might say, they are making this stuff up |
| peaceful solution. If we look at the the last five | | | | as they go along? |