Monty Was an Odd Sort of Fellow Who Spent Most

Monty was an odd sort of fellow who spent most of his time tinkering in his garage.He was certain that some day he would invent something that would make him very wealthy.Finally,he thinks he has the million-dollar idea.He has invented a device that attaches to both his phone line and through his computer to the Internet to block telemarketing calls without having to pay a service fee for the capability to the local phone company.The technology for this already existed,but Monty was the first to put it together in this way.Monty is waiting to perfect this invention before filing a patent application.Monty learns that someone else has invented a similar device after he did,but has already filed an application.Also,someone broke into Monty's garage and stole the information about the invention.Discuss Monte's legal situation.