9 Patents That Earned Millions For The Inventor
BANGALORE: Inventors work hard at creating something completely unique and one of a kind products in this world. It is not fair when these inventions that cost a lot of money and time to be stolen or replicated so that someone else gains through their hard work. These inventions have been a source of income making the inventors millionaires and billionaires.
Everything around us is a product of someone’s invention and that invention is protected through a patent right.
Patent rights means that no one can replicate or use the invented product without the permission of the patent owner. So with regards to this there are people around the world who are earning millions because of breech by a third part on the protected patent. Therefore, here is a list of patents that earned the inventors millions, as compiled by the richest.
P.Diddy v/s Sting: Sting is a renowned singer and song writer who has scripted his name in the book of most successful musicians.
One of his most famous songs “Every Breath You Take” was sampled by Puff Daddy also known as P.Diddy as a tribute to his friend and legend Notorious B.I.G, under the name “I’ll Be Missing You”.
The song “Every Breath You Take” has earned Sting over $40 million because of his 100 percent publishing rights, and because Diddy didn’t bother to take permission to sample the song, has freely given Sting 100 percent earning in publishing royalties. It is reported that Sting earns $2000 a day from Diddy’s song.
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