My father, along with a few partners, started a cement hand tool company called D&G Manufacturing with their designs of original work for their tools. What I remember most was going to the large warehouse and stacking up the small scraps wooden blocks discarded from the handles, building my own imaginative creations on the cement floor.
What I didn't know at the time was that D&G had become the top manufacturer of cement tools in the United States. That is, until their designs of their original work were copied and manufactured with cheaper labor in a foreign company. The exclusive they had with the Home Depots and other large home improvement stores were then diluted with cheaper products that started flooding the market. But my dad didn't stop innovating. He just changed direction and ended up selling his share of the company for a profit. My father wasn't totally dependent on that cement tool company for his security or his livelihood and he knew when to take action. This scenario of copied work is more and more common today with intellectual property. So, what do you do when someone copies your original work? I propose three steps. Full article here: https://goalsforyourlife.com/original-work/
