Davison Inventions (www.InventionConcept.com) is a company that claims to take people’s ideas of new inventions, and turn them into reality. Davison says that it will take your idea through all the steps necessary to get your invention onto the market, from research and development to licensing to getting it onto the shelves.
Davison’s website claims that you have the ability to submit your idea to them knowing that you have full confidentiality and protection. Once your idea is submitted, you will receive a one on one consultation about the viability of your idea, and whether or not you should begin the process to take your idea further.
Davison claims to have a variety of agreements available for potential clients. Some services they offer will require you to pay one time, up front fees, while others will require you to commit to an agreement where Davison receives a percentage of royalties from your invention.
From Dream to Reality
“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” From the time that man created fire, there has been an innate desire to come up with better ways of doing things. If you take a minute to look around you, at the things we take for granted every day, you’ll see the evidence of people’s invention dreams that came to life.
But, unlike the picture painted in Hollywood films, most of these inventions weren’t created in someone’s basement and then magically appeared on the market. Inventions must go through an intense process of research and development – is it truly an original invention? Is there someone else out there with a comparable idea or existing product? Is this invention already in the works?
At times an idea must be patented, which can be an expensive and complicated process. After that, an invention must often be licensed to another company or corporation to produce and distribute, because individuals usually lack the money necessary to fund the actual supply of product needed for the market.
Davison Inventions claims to help you through this long, arduous process, and to get your invention on the shelves of major retailers like Target, WalMart, Home Depot, and others.
Davison Inventions Success Stories?
Well, the truth is that when you research Davison Inventions, you are going to hear much more about heartbreak and failure than you will about success stories. In fact, Davison was ordered to pay $26 million in restitution to former clients after they were sued by the Federal Trade Commission and lost.
The lawsuit determined that clients of Davison would often pay upwards of $10,000 toward costs and services, and that less than 1% of their clients ever saw a return higher than what they invested with Davison.
In addition, they were told to stop promoting themselves as being linked to major retailers. However, if you look at their current website it seems fairly obvious that they are walking a fine line in adhering to this court order.
Their landing page is covered in logos from major retailers, with information offering that inventions processed through Davison are sold at all of these stores. While there is no official statement saying they have a relationship with these companies, the implication is still there.
Finally, the lawsuit ordered that Davison refrain from acting as though their services are selective, since they were found to take anyone’s idea through the research and development process as long as they paid the fees. This is a bad sign for those looking to process an invention, because it means that you can’t trust Davison’s evaluation of your invention’s potential. If they are simply willing to take everyone’s money who comes to them, it’s easy to see how 99+% of their customers never saw a profit from their dealings with Davison.
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Here is the best way I know to avoid getting scammed and ripped off by any company about your ideas or invention:
1) don't divulge your idea or invention to anyone. Keep it secret for now.
2) prepare your idea on paper with drawings and full detailed descriptions. Make sure to include any pictures of any prototypes you may have made.
3) MOST IMPORTANT!!!
A) make several copies of your detailed ideas and place one in a fireproof box sealed in an envelope.
B) Place the ORIGINAL papers (and don't forget to put your NAME, ADDRESS, and SIGNATURE Yes, sign it, on every page etc.), with pictures and drawings in an envelope, and MAIL it to yourself.
C) When you receive the envelope Place it in your fireproof box and wait DO NOT OPEN!!!.
All of this is called "POOR MAN'S PATENT". This will protect you from someone stealing your idea or invention and marketing it or using it as their own. That's right! You can sue and win!
I lost$ 7000 with davison
http://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/962-3310/davison-associates-inc-et-al
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2006/04/court-halts-bogus-invention-promotion-claims
Everyone will try to steal your idea if you let them in edgewise. I am not going with this company.
Before you divulge any of your ideas, do the research about the company you are planning on doing business with. You might be amazed at the number of scam companies out there. NOTE: Any company that ask for your money up front before meeting with you face to face or video conference, about your idea, BEWARE!, is probably not legit.
God bless you all for sharing these reviews and sparing me of money that I cannot afford to lose! I'm sorry for those of you who already lost some money. All I can say to those of you who lost your money is that karma will bite them in the a---- sooner or later.
I would consider joining a class action lawsuit if I were in the group that lost money. I don't know how these people can sleep at night when they are doing this to people and their hard earned money. SMH!