Superperformance — The Intellectual Property Theft

Here’s a quote from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: “It is just as wrong to steal intellectual property as it is to break into a home, steal a car, or rob a bank. ”

The problem with intellectual property theft is that it is not afforded the same kind of protection as burglary or the theft of cars or money. If someone steals other kinds of property from you, a government agency such as the police or FBI will arrest and prosecute them. If someone steals your intellectual property, you may have to spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars suing them to make them stop. Large corporations can afford to do that. Individuals and small businesses are out of luck.

Superperformance, the idea behind and the name of my website, is a trademark. It’s been a trademark since 1997 in common law and is currently registered as a Federal trademark. By law, in the field of organizational and individual performance improvement, no one else may write and publish about superperformance in print or digital media. (Yes, that means books as well.) No one else may offer seminars, workshops or consultations on the theme of superperformance. And no one may encourage others to do so or aid others in doing so.

Don’t be fooled by others claiming my rights. Superperformance is my intellectual property. I have not granted anyone else permission to use the term in any media or any services. If you find others using it, other than for the purposes of referring to me or my website, those folks are violating my intellectual property rights.

Don’t help them steal what I have worked long years for: my property and reputation.