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Pierre
Salinger
Former Spokesman for J.F. Kennedy and
Ex-President, Ethics Committee, USD System
Our dear departed friend, Pierre Salinger, left us on Saturday, October 16th, 2004. A few years before in Montreal, Canada, on September 16th, 1998, he had accepted to form and lead the Ethics Committee of our Consortium. His guiding personality will help its successors keep the flame of his dedicated work in what he considered a genuine mission. He will be missed by all who knew him.
"Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with
others... No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property."
Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
"Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author."
Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
"Invention is an initiative fundamental to the human mind, that which distinguishes man from beast and allowed him little by little to attain dominion over the material world..."
Henri Bergson
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From the authors, current Intellectual Property conundrums...
"No ownership, no theft - no money, no justice."
Michel Dubois
"The more innovative the invention, the more it threatens established interests... the greater the stakes, the higher the risks... and the more illusory the protection."
Michel Prost and Michel Dubois
"From Patent to Poorhouse, a road well travelled..."
Dominique Daguet (English interpretation: Andrew Byrne)
"Patent is patently not in the inventor's interest!"
François Belleau
"Infringement is profiting from the use of an author's name, reputation, talent or efforts without his consent. Plagiarism is the act of claiming authorship for someone else's work."
Michel Dubois (English interpretation: François Belleau and Andrew Byrne)
"Jurisprudence usually implies an arbitrary situation"
Francois Belleau
"Was not Leonardo da Vinci the inventor and Leonardo da Vinci the artist, one and the same?" "
Michel Dubois
"Art, function and utility are, in fact, inseparable. To attempt to isolate them is both unnatural and illogical."
Michel Dubois (English interpretation: Andrew Byrne)
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Legal Opinions on the Intellectual Passport  ...
Sample A
For more sample letters from legal professionals visit our French page "Témoignages".
Our clients have their say...
The following quotes are a sampling of the testimonials received from inventors explaining their reasons for purchasing the Intellectual Passport . Many of these quotes have been translated from the original French version.
On the reasons why...
... My reasons for choosing the Intellectual Passport are very simple. I am neither the head of an enterprise, nor an administrator, nor a financier, nor a manager, nor a salesman, nor a commercial strategist, nor a leader, etc... I am an inventor
Mario de Montigny, Quebec inventor © 460458 - 21.03.1997
Invention: caulking pistol tip
Potential annual market (N. Am.): one million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 10 % = 1.9 million $
... Having previously registered patents
on behalf of my employer, I had come to realize that there was a
big difference between a creative idea and commercial success...One
can measure this gap in terms of time, money and risk... Today,
I am happy to say that the methodology of "distribution of rights",
published by USD System editors, is totally in line with my career
path and my outlook on life. I firmly believe in the principles
inherent to this methodology, namely: delegating responsibilities
and promoting teamwork ...
Jean Sureaud, French inventor living in Canada © 471695 - 05.08.1998
Invention: computer program
Potential annual market (worldwide) : 200 million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 10 % = 800 million $
... Whatever happens, this original method, which puts ethics above privilege, is totally in line with our progressive outlook and our will to succeed...
Pierre Dupont and Bruno Destisons, Quebecer and French co-inventors
Living in Canada © 472604 - 28.09.1998
Invention: dental implant made of titanium
Potential annual market (N. Am): 600 thousand units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights A - Goal: 10 % = 780 million $
... What convinced me to purchase the
Intellectual Passport
was the fact that, besides my own biography, it included a thorough
treatise on Intellectual Property and highlighted the need to claim
authorship of one's concept. Also included in the Intellectual Passport
is a comprehensive set of contracts to facilitate the launch of
my product using, at my discretion, a versatile method called "distribution
of rights" ...
Henri Eber, French inventor living in Berlin, Germany © 490297 - 07.03.2001
Invention: computerized neuro-linguistic program
Potential annual market (Europe) : 6 million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 5 % = 10 million euros
... As a magician, I wish to maintain
the secrecy of my magic tricks rather than disclose them through
patent ... This is why I chose the unpublished Intellectual Passport
as a tangible, personal and seizable proof of anteriority that maintains
secrecy and helps me establish my rights...
Pat Gueller, French magician and inventor living in Canada ISBN 12-89566-000-X- 20.07.2001
Invention: A prop for magicians but also applicable to the toy magic market
Potential annual market (N. Am.) : 250 thousand units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 10 % = 5 million $
... It did not take me long to understand the benefits of owning property*. Especially since it is coupled with an innovative strategy to commercially exploit one's invention, namely: the assignment or licensing of the rights that result from one's personal property, which I can decide to use or not... These are some of the reasons why I chose the Intellectual Passport . Another reason was that not only was I acting in my own interests, but also contributing to a greater justice for all, especially other inventors...
* Univention note: a definitive seizable property (i.e. a book ~ a literary work ~ intellectual property)
Jean-Paul Duguy, French inventor © 488064 - 06.11.2000
Invention: a laser resonator process for the reconditioning used glass tubes
Potential annual market (Europe): 6 thousand units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 15 % = 1.26 million euros
... What a surprise! I became the owner of my invention at last ...through a literary and artistic work that provides a historical account of my personal growth, including all the important events and people who participated in the development of my concept ...
Jean-Luc Boutin, Canadian inventor born in France © 474698 - 12.01.1999
Invention: new type of puzzle
Potential annual market (N. Am.): 100 million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights B - Goal: 10 % = 10 million $
... It seems that my invention will soon have a new lease on life, all thanks to my being recognized as a writer ...
Pierre Lambert, Quebec inventor © 467607 - 10.03.1998
Invention: energy saver for water heaters
Potential annual market (N. Am.): 500 thousand units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights B - Goal: 17.5 % = 3 billion $
...Given the great benefits of the Intellectual
Passport ,
both for society, and myself, I most readily follow the advice provided
by its representatives...
Richard Bernier, Quebec inventor © 479473 du 07.09.1999
Invention: safety wedge for pallets
Potential annual market (N. Am.): 10 million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 2 % = one million $
... One should easily understand why I chose the Intellectual Passport : it is inexpensive, time-saving and international ... If I must go to trial, the amounts I didn't spend on a patent already compensate part of the court costs and legal fees ...
Régis Bélanger, Quebec inventor © 457088 - 15.10.1996
Invention: a device that optimizes windshield wiper/washer performance
Potential annual market (N. Am.): 16 million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 1 % = 8 million $
On the Intellectual Passport and Patent...
... How many of us would have ventured ... into the patent system... had we been informed from the very beginning of the many hardships that would soon plague our lives?... One begins by paying a little, then a little more, and then still more. Thus, one day, out of passion for one's concept and out of personal pride, we find ourselves burdened with a never ending cycle of financial obligation...
Claude Lizé, Quebec inventor © 457219 - 21.10.1996
Invention: mini-refrigerator that can me mounted on a bicycle
Potential annual market (N. Am.): one million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 5 % = 1.5 million $
...As my ordeal as an independent entrepreneur
continued, my family and friends gradually lost confidence in me
... The American patent rang the death knell of my solvency. In
spite of potential for success, I understandably felt more and more
discouraged ... In the end, I joyfully echo the reasoning of the
authors of the Intellectual Passport ,
hailing this system as a harbinger of hope and equity ...
André Cossette, Quebec inventor © 479990 - 15.10.1999
Invention: multifunctional wireless caulking pistol
Potential annual market (N. Am.): one million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 7 % = 10 million $
... How can the inventor find his way
in a system where even lawyers are lost and rulings are contradictory?
... From this chaotic situation, emerges a misleading propaganda
depicting the inventor as a nutty professor, like characters such
as professor Nymbus or Tryphon Tournesol ... Inventor's Associations
should serve to expose fraud by displaying inventions that were
stolen ... Then and only then would they be truly useful! ... after
suffering much anguish through the patent system, no one in the
world can deny me the most vital element provided by the Intellectual
Passport
: namely, definitive ownership of my work ...
Monique Desbois, French inventor © 485828 - 28.06.2000
Invention: Nasal filter
Potential annual market (Europe) : 500 thousands units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 5 % = 350 thousand euros
... When I learned that my patent had been infringed
upon, my (most reputable) patent agent explained to me that, since
there were two minor changes in the drawings that represented the
creative part of my invention, I had no case against my foes ...
Why did I invest more than one hundred thousand dollars into patenting?
... In conclusion... without the slightest hesitation, I endorse
the Intellectual Passport ...
Serge Meilleur, Quebec inventor © 459856 - 20.01.1997
Invention: insulating concrete casing
Potential annual market (N.Am.): one million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights B - Goal: 1 % = one billion $
... On September 10, 1973, I applied for
a patent that was granted to me on December 5, 1974, and was registered
on October 21, 1975 under the number 976441... Apart from disclosing
my secret worldwide and incurring costs that far exceeded my means,
this patent served no purpose... A telling story of my sorrows and
joys, of my fears and hopes, the Intellectual Passport
is also the only tool that I really need to meet investors who can
afford to produce and commercially exploit my product ...
Bernard Labelle, Quebec inventor © 490497 - 15.03.2001
Invention: fuel delivery system that results in pollution-free combustion
Potential annual market (N. Am.): 16 million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 5 % = 3 billion $
... Why must the inventor always submit to the dictates of Mammon? The fact that artists own their works has never hindered their industry or profession ... Believe you me, in order to make it as an inventor, one needs a strong character and a good mind! ... How many nervous breakdowns, personal bankruptcies, divorces, even suicides, have resulted from the patent system?... Given my advanced age, the thing I cherish most about the Intellectual Passport is the paternity that it provides. It applies to me as well as to my heirs ...
Paul Boisvert, Quebec inventor © 457548 - 31.10.1996
Invention: water saving toilet bowl that also eliminates odours
Potential annual market (N. Am.): 80 million units
Marketing plan: Distribution of Rights C - Goal: 1 % = 240 million $
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