On 3/8/10 8:00 AM, Eisboch wrote:
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Bill McKee wrote:
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You're a liar. Nothing like that is in the database under the name
you're using.

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Incompetent troll.
Maybe she doesn't know Bill is short for William?
I don't think so.
I had no trouble finding your patent using google.
No "database" needed. Well, google is essentially a database.
Took all of 10 seconds.
But you're probably right about her being a troll.
The giveaway is "under the name you're using."
Cute. A dishonest way to try to cut somebody down.



I put my name and "patent" in Google. Returned as number two on the list,
the first being a Richard with a last name spelled differently than mine.

I didn't Google using "Eisboch".

I have bad memories of dealing with patent attorneys. When I sold my
company and the buyer began the due diligence process, two patent attorneys
were the first people I met with. One was a corporate type for the buyer,
the other was a hired consultant. Spent the better part of two days with
them, and finally they left to go do whatever it is that they do.

We then went through the (almost 3 month) exhausting process of due
diligence, looking at all our financials, taxes, liabilities, etc. and I was
getting worn out by the whole process. The buyer was a large, public
company and had many resources, including a staff of lawyers, accountants
and marketing types. Any small business owner who goes through this will
understand how grueling the process is and at some point you basically
become committed to the deal, just to get it over with.

The day before the official closing (almost 3 months later) the two patent
attorneys came back with a 3 inch stack of patent copies. They started going
through them, one by one, asking if we built anything like what was on the
patent papers. It was ridiculous. It was like being Ford and the attorney
hands you a patent by Chevrolet and asks if you make anything similar.

The CEO of the acquiring company was a gruff, tough talking, no-nonsense
type and nobody in his company cherished getting on his radar screen. By 8
pm, the evening before the closing, we were only halfway through the stack
of papers that his patent attorneys had prepared. Exasperated, I called
for a break and told them that I had had enough and one of them was going
to have to call the CEO of their company and tell him the closing would have
to be postponed to a later date because we still had a pile of papers to go
through.

The patent attorneys looked at each other with panic in their faces, picked
up the remaining paperwork and stuffed it into their briefcases. They then
announced that everything was fine, there didn't appear to be any patent
conflicts or infringements to be concerned with and left.

The closing occurred on time the next morning.

Eisboch



Sounds like they billed by the hour and wanted to rack up a lot more
hours...


BTW, local paper here had a nice spread about the "third-largest" guitar
manufacturer in the USA being right in our backyards.
Paul Reed Smith Guitars

URL:


http://www.bayweekly.com/year10/issue_9/lead_1.html