Protect the code

[RussMartin]

My friend is about to send a sample of his product using an 18F2620. I know he has paid good money for a professional software writer to write his code. Now after me showing him this thread he is worried!

He is about to send a sample for evaluation to a medium size company based in the UK. With the potential for them to purchase and resell. This company seems respectable! But it has its own R&D department. In the view of the forums users (Crystal Ball time) should he be worried? Is there anything else other than the inbuilt code protection he could do?

Foremost, your friend should have an attorney (in the UK, that's a solicitor, right?) who specializes in intellectual property (IP) and can advise and assist him.

I can't speak for others, but I no longer sell any design outright; I retain ownership and license the product to the client.