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