But to say that "serious" businesses don't abide or enforce their terms and conditions is just patently false.

Just a thought.If a post is patently wrong, or you wish to vent about it, just write WHY you believe/know differently, in a new post that "quotes" the post in question.

I cannot tell you how many times I read replies that are patently false.  

Unlike many other states where a company can legally require an employee to sign and abide by certain trade restraint contracts for some time, limiting that employees ability to literally leave the company and set up shop next door with patent type secrets he took from the employer, in California, such contracts are not enforceable.

Unlike trolls in the patent realm, there are some legal justifications as to why bigger companies need to take legal actions against smaller companies or individuals like you.

EquityNet (Startups & Business Financing) Company description: "Use EquityNet’s patented technology to efficiently screen and analyze thousands of investment opportunities in minutes."

Recently picked up a "hoarder house" from a tax sale and pulled out a couple of vintage sewing machines and an antique chest patented in the 1800s. 

Dont settle for a mediocre deal, be patent and find one that will make you the most money possible.

We both served in the Army (actually, that's where we met) and I'm currently a reservist and work as a patent examiner at the USPTO.  

I doubled majored in chemical engineering and biochemistry from UT Austin, I got a full ride law school scholarship and got a JD, and I practiced patent litigation law for a few years with a big white-shoe firm in NYC.