I really enjoyed your thoughts on this issue, at the time... It's just a shame you had to experience it yourself.
"if the originator of an idea/innovation is attentive to the market, the costs of manufacturing and has the financial resources to develop it, they ill have an advantage in closing the window of potential for a profiteer to duplicate their idea. Remove one of those ingredients and the window is wide-open though.
I may sound naïve to the issues you’re concerned with because I have not had to deal with this problem yet, but I believe I have done everything I can to protect myself from this happening. Anymore would be a waste of my time and money." - BDE via email 6/26/10