I approached inventhelp with an idea back in 2014. They charged me 750 for a patent research and told me that my idea was cleared with no other invention out there like it. I then agreed and signed another contract that offered a marketing plan for a total of 14000 dollars. I also spent another 1500 to have a lawyer to patent search and start on the patent as well.
A year goes by and not only do I find out that a patent exist for my invention but my patent is turned down. So with 2 separate patent searches and about 7000 dollars invested I find out I was scammed. I called Inventhelp to explain the situation and asked for a refund. But their strategy was to divert everything to the lawyers that patented it.
Inventhelp takes your money and hides behind the patent lawyers. Do not do business with this company. You have been warned.
Update***
So recently inventhelp admitted that my Patent was no good because there was already a pre existing patent filed. However, they could not refund me my full 7,048 dollars they gotten from me on the false pretense of investing into a good patent. But they will, however, give me the 1,400 I paid for the patent and the 400 dollars filing fee, which by their standards, is a pretty good deal in which I should jump on.
So their logic is.... If they steal a man's house from him and they offer to give him his cloths out of his closet, then he should be thankful.
Within their contract they promise to refund you your full patent research money if they find an identical patent. And of course you wouldn't see a need to invest an additional 12,000 into a non profitable patent. So to get around that they just tell you that your patent is good and if they find anything identical then they are only responsible for the patent research and filing fee and not the thousands of dollars taken to market it. It's a scam... A well thought out scam, but nevertheless, a scam. Put a known Celebrity on the face of your business and you can scam the world. Don't do it people. Nasty attitudes and entitlements are what your up against. read more