Alterno is stealing my IP & Money

I would not come to this conclusion without the right backing materials.

What's new?

A few days ago, I learnt the details of what happened in Dec 2024 with the Vietnamese Sand Battery patent.

The history of requests and documents submitted regarding the

Vietnamese patent

(available online) shows some changes were made on the 05.09.2024, the day that they claim I have been uncontactable.

Some changes were submitted on 17.12.2024 as well. It turned out that Alterno team has been

attempting to remove my name

as author from this Vietnamese Patent ever since.

Why this date is important? If you have been following the story, Dec 2024 were just the beginning, I was rather naive back then, thinking that they are still honoring the US Patent and VN Patent. I discovered the fact that they withhold the approval of the US patent since the day I signed the share transfer contract. Hence, the Alterno team has carried out the plan to remove my name from the Vietnamese patent knowing that it is wrong; If that's not a crime of stealing Intellectual Property from a rightful owner, then how do you explain it?

The VCs are probably in it too since IP is one of the most important valuation factor of a startup, the VCs needs to be updated on the status of the assets during the investment process.

Stealing Money

So this is Dec 2024, less than a month after Alterno paid the second payment (end Nov 2024) in Singapore.

So despite knowing that the next payment is due March 2025, it is clear to me that Alterno have no intention to pay me anymore after Dec 2024, and what they have been doing is dragging out the process and make up excuses,

make up court documents

to accused me of wrongdoings.

The money represents the effort that I have put in for the past 2 years up to that point, despite also being heavily undervalued. And since Alterno clearly knew what they were doing is exactly opposite of what was agreed on the contract, whether I call that stealing my money or violating code of law, it's the same terrible behaviors.

That is just in Singapore.

There's also the ongoing litigation for my Vietnamese severage package that they refused to pay after wrongfully terminated my employment under Vietnamese Labour Law.

Stealing IP

Based on what's happening, Alterno team including:

Ho Viet Hai
- Nguyen Quoc Nam
- Quach Van Hung
- Mai Tue Phong

are actively trying to go against me, they are still appealing despite court rejection on 14.04.2025.

Imagine this,

my name were to be removed from the Vietnamese Patent, that means I'm not legally recognised for contribution; that means the Vietnamese IP Protection is non-existence. With the right process, you can remove anyone's name from any patent (I simplified it but that's the gist of it). It's not that I were not aware and warned of the gray area, but I was just surprised by the way the system setup and how easy bad actors can twist it to their advantages.

What's Next?

Instead of focusing on my strength and businesses, now I'm forced to entertain these distractions. A lot of people close to me advise me to "just let it go", well, I'm not the one who schemed up the troubles to begin with, and I'm forced to fight for what is legally mine.

While my original goal in 2022 was just to make something incredible/geeky/techy out of Vietnam (am still a proud Vietnamese); I'm being repeatedly discourage by these ugly Vietnamese in the past recent years. Alterno saga is just a part of it.

Despite the rant, despite the injustice that I still have to keep fighting;

I came to a realisation that what I've found has far more potential than I imagined, specifically in real application of saving energy and operating costs for businesses/homes by storing cold energy, aka the ICE Battery.

I have a plan in mind and I hope you will be a part of helping me making it. I can't do it alone. #buildinpulic

Stay tuned...