HOW IT ALL STARTED - insider blows the whistle on the United Inventors Association

this was sent out to the entire UIA MEMBERSHIP BASE AND SPONSORS

Dear Members,

My Name is Joe Fournier. I am the Director of Membership Programs for the United Inventors Association.

I would like to firstly inform you that this email is being sent out to every member of the UIA.

Many of you go to the UIA website to look for corporate sponsors that you might want to do business with. In some cases, you would be better off doing a Google search. There are some important facts that you probably are unaware of.

During the annual board meeting at the end of January 2013, the United Inventors Association CEASED certification of their sponsor companies because certification creates liability for the UIA. However they failed to offer you, the inventor in need of assistance, the courtesy of informing you that they had removed this safety net. The UIA board members preferred to allow you to trust that they were performing their due diligence with the companies who received their seal of membership for their websites and on the UIA website. In reality, the United Inventors Association was no longer performing any such service.

My position as Director of Membership Programs was to find companies who wanted to sponsor (provide operational funding for) the UIA. Following the annual board meeting, companies that wished to sponsor the UIA would send me their BASIC information. I would then send that information to the UIA executive committee who would then vote Yes or No. My position required NO RESEARCH into the past histories, current practices, ethics, or basic trustworthiness of those companies. In many cases, the request for sponsorship approval was sent out and within minutes YES replies were returned. I feel that there was NO ATTEMPT AT RESEARCHING the potential sponsor companies due to the swiftness of the replies I had received. In fact the only negative response I had EVER received was from Bill McHenrey. Even when he had said no and presented valid reasons why the company should not be a sponsor, he was out voted by the remainder of the committee. That company paid between $3000 and $5000 to become a sponsor and have access to the UIA mailing list. While they were not allowed to have the mailing list at their discretion, we would send out promotional mailings for this company to the inventor members of the UIA. If a company wants to access our members the only requirement is PAYMENT. Special programs were designed for patron sponsors at a cost of $250.00 per email to have anything at they desired sent to all of you. This is basically a “pay to play” agenda.

The UIA website has not been updated and no new material has been added since I joined this organization.

I have had personal conversations with Mark Reyland, the Executive Director of the United Inventors Association, during which he explained that he was duplicating a product another inventor had only recently successfully brought to the consumer market. Mark Reyland, the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the UIA made DEMANDS that this inventor show him the claims on the patent the inventor held. He has even asked me to do CAD design work for a product that I now believe he was trying to at least directly interfere with the success of, if not outright steal .

Please do your own research. Perform a Google search on Mark Reyland or on the UIA and draw your own conclusions.

I would like to formally apologize for any direct or indirect actions on my part that may have resulted in damage to any of you. It was never my intention to act in any manner that could be perceived in any way as unethical. I believed in the mission of the UIA, and believed I was acting to HELP inventors bring their ideas and products to the public.




the UIA that night issued this reply.


On behalf of the entire UIA we would like to apologize for the email you received this evening from Joe Fournier. Mr. Fournier was terminated from the UIA on Monday of this week. We are unsure at this point how he gained this unauthorized access to our system.

Our attorneys will look into this matter and pursue all available legal remedies.

Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this incident may have caused you and look forward to your continued support of the UIA Inventor Education Mission

The UIA Staff

next this message was sent to the almost 14000 members.


just look at the website for the UIA where there used to be Certified Pros, now there are corporate sponsors, I may be upset about my job, but it don't make me a liar!



check for yourself, as for the rest anyone wants proof don't worry I was contacted by CBS, I will tell my story and yours, please email me with your interactions with the UIA and Mark Reyland



I have told no lies, I want you all to know the truth, of course they will try to find some excuse, I ask you to search for your self, ask me and I will help you in anyway possible



hitting reply will send the emails to me

and then this.......

If you would like to ask me any questions I am an open book, Mark will do whatever it takes to cover his butt, I did not hack into any accounts, I simply walked to my computer and logged in, even now and police report will show I used the credentials provided to me to log in to my account which I am authorized to use.

please do not make false claims against me, I am not afraid of you and your threats, I am doing the right thing by letting the members of the UIA know and fully understand the organization they are a part of, they were supposed to be able to trust,
to the many of you who have already replied to me, thank you for your support, as you see I will not be someone who is just going to go away, the UIA has broken its promise to every one of you and thats NOT RIGHT!


and finally this one signed Warren Tuttle

Dear UIA Members,
Last evening an e-mail was sent by Joe Fournier to our entire United Inventors Association membership. I apologize for any inconvenience or concern this e-mail, or his follow up emails, may have caused. Joe had been helping the UIA as an outside contractor, assisting with our corporate membership development program. Joe is no longer contracted to provide services to the UIA and does not represent our organization in any capacity.
On the issue of UIA sponsorship addressed in the Email. The UIA Board voted in February to change our corporate certification sponsorship program to a corporate sponsorship program. We did this for several reasons, not the least of which involved companies outside the UIA questioning the validity of any organization preforming an official certification process. Additionally, the UIA was acting on the advice of legal counsel who advised us that a certification process could expose the organization to legal liability. A portion of the organization’s funding comes from corporate members, however our focus on the needs of the individual inventor remains our primary goal. I can assure everyone that the UIA cares deeply about who we are associated with and will continue to carefully screen all corporate sponsorship applicants.
I would also like to add that any complaints about UIA Executive Director Mark Reyland treating inventors unfairly, or otherwise taking advantage of his position at the UIA, are entirely unfounded. Few people in this industry care more about the needs of the independent inventor than Mark Reyland. Anyone who knows Mark knows what a tireless advocate he is and how much he has moved our industry forward since coming to the UIA just 3 years ago.
Finally, I would like to reiterate my sincerest apologies for any concerns or inconvenience these events have caused. Should you have any individual questions, please feel free to reach out to me personally. With that in mind, the UIA does not wish to further address these matters on a global front.
I wish each and every one of you the very best. Keep on inventing and please help us continue the UIA mission of independent inventor education.
Warren Tuttle
President, UIA Board of Directors


now I open this up for open discussion, freely tell your story. the only way things are going to change is for people to stand up for what is right, please help.