There are Inventors who ne’er Invented a thing, YET, have Patents in their Names; not as Applicant(s), BUT, as Inventors! Same goes for the Designs, Copyrights, Trademarks! Somehow, investors, innovators, &, representations, are becoming inventors / originators. And this ain’t a thing to be flabbergasted about! This has been happening for centuries; only the methods changed.
The same went for when I solicited for the need of inventorship certificates, even before the Certificate of Inventorship was introduced; but, it needed more upgradations, like, the contribution of each inventor in the said work, which the inventorship certificate should incorporate.
The travesty is, this false hubris is not even ending there. Now, it has been compounded into a saying -> “That My Name Is Enough Than My Work.” DUH! There is only one bad habit of the innovators or investors or representations, that, they introduce themselves in the mainstream as originators, while they not being the one! And from that point, this blog starts.
So here are my suggestions to the Originators:
If you’re in the Music, then don’t just give your Written Lyrics or Musical Notes to Anyone, even for perusal. Rather, before even showing it to anyone, just get it registered as copyright, as an unpublished work (despite the process being prima-facie), and it is also inexpensive to get it done, or, if it’s not possible, then make sure to save the sent receipts. BUT, remember that do this only if you’re the Originator, ELSE, the cost is high at the later stage, IF it’s proven that you weren’t / aren’t.
Further, in your Job Interview, don’t build any new Prototype of anything for anyone, unless, they serve you in writing that, this Prototype would be your property, and is used merely for the evaluation purposes only, w.r.t the present Interview, as a Test for Hiring and would be destroyed later from their records, or, you send that in a separate writing! Alas, I know that no Interviewer will ever send such an email. So, think about this -> If you can build a Prototype, then, you can also find the Investors, by yourself. Right? Furthermore, as an Employee, you don’t have any claim or right on the Invention, as you’re bound by the Employee-Employer Contracts, Assignments, etc.! But, as an Inventor, make sure that your name shall be mentioned in the Patent Application; unless the invention itself is a Trade Secret, in which case, even you can’t do much.
For Cinematography, ne’er send your Work for evaluation without getting it properly registered as an unpublished or published work (despite the process being prima facie). BUT again, do so only if YOU Are The Originator, Else, again, the Cost is high if you weren’t / aren’t!
Use Generative AIs mostly & only for Personal OR Scientific R&D related Work, despite these Generative AIs being of Non-Deterministic Nature, because, in case of infringement of the same result, the onus would be put onto the USER, in the end.
In Academia, always Email your Articles / Research Papers to each Other, rather than sending / handing over in the Printed / Physical Copy.
Further, it can be proven that most of these Clickwrap / Browsewrap Agreements were void-ab-initio, as, they were drafted and consent was taken against the TRIPS. But, just forget about it!
Thus, when we see the faces of many Innovators everyday in the Media, who the media projects as the Originators, I feel SAD! And this is the reason, we are slowly moving towards De-Globalization, and De-Centralization of Internet at the Territorial Level, which would eventually dilute TRIPS furthermore, again, which is bad for Globalization. (BTW, I’m a Globalist, but of Another kind of GENRE!).
It isn’t that I only support Truth! As, wherever & whenever, if A Lie has an impeccable and unparallel Beauty, then, nothing wrong I presume in discarding & negating even 100 bitter Truths!
My Dilemmas! 🙂
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