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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Protect your idea, do not go on line with it at all! Find a local patent attorney in your own community, and often you can get a free consultation. They know the process and can give you an honest answer about what you are involved with.
Avoid the heart- break that comes when people steal from you, and in the invention world, unless you have the connections and the money, you will probably be hurt.
I truly believe that if we all file the complaints and stick together we can now take their money... what goes around comes around, so sorry for those of you who invested thousands of dollars, what I lost I couldn't afford to lose either. WE WON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS. feel free to email me at [email protected] I would love the story sharing and discuss what ACTIONS have to be made.
thanks for sharing your pain.
A few quick questions for you:
1. I requested an itemized breakdown of how the money was utilized. They never provided me with this. Did you ever receive this from them?
2. Did they completely stop returning your calls once you expressed concern about the way they were handling your product? That happened to me.
3. They spent one year and 3 months putting together my prototype. Once I finally asked for the prototype, they mailed me a piece of crap, something a 3rd grader could have put together, and used already used materials. Did this happen to you?
Once I received the product, I took it to a local engineer who charged a quarter of the price and completed it within 2 weeks!
DAVISON IS A JOKE! THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLES' DREAMS... THEY TURN THEM INTO NIGHTMARES!
ANYONE WHO DEFENDS DAVISON WORKS FOR THEM! THERE IS NO WAY ANYONE HAS HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS COMPANY BECAUSE THEY ARE FRAUDULENT!
THESE LOW LIFE SCUM, WILL SAY AND DO ANYTHING TO TAKE YOUR MONEY!!!!!
WARNING STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY..
WHEN THEY CALL YOU AFTER YOU SUBMIT YOUR IDEA TELL THEM TO FU** OFF.
THEY LIE AND LIE AND LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING.
NO IDEA HOW THE BBB HAS NOT SHUT THESE SCUM OF THE EARTH DOWN...
ANTHONY MILLER IS A CON- ARTIST
BARBARA BROWNING IS A COMPLETE JOKE...
I can't BELIEVE they had the NERVE, to send you the letter above. what BS, if they are so EAGER to keep you "the client" satisfied thee why would you feel so disappointment, I am curious, did you ever get ahold of the customercare@davison to resolve the problem. You must of had great confidence in you idea to invest so much monies only for them to get it wrong. Sorry you had to go thru that while you were following your dream and something that you believed in. I also was suckered.
We are deeply sorry to hear that you feel this way. Davison strives to bring its award-winning expertise to bear on each product. Furthermore, each step of the process needs to be reviewed and signed by the client before moving on. This is to make sure the client is satisfied and in agreement with development. We are eager to help so please contact [email protected] and we will look into this claim as soon as possible.
be careful SHERRY... check out the BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU and CONSUMER AFFAIR report, I promise you won't like what you read.
RAMIRO,
you are absolutely RIGHT.
Thank you so much for these posts. This coming Friday I was getting ready to send in my $715. They told me that since I had no electrical parts or a circuit board my invention would run me about 9000. Wow!!I was so excited about finally getting something accomplished in my life. My boyfriend was extremely skeptical about this. So he said to me "do some major research on the company and if it comes up positive...then we shall invest". Thank God for the web and freedom of speech!!!!Thanks to all of your posts....I shall save a lot of money and heartache.!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!
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