You reckon Primo paying Coles, to in turn have Curtis Stone...

You reckon Primo paying Coles, to in turn have Curtis Stone advertise a Christmas special recipe is corrupt? If so, throw away the phone you're typing on, whose brand would've paid for better product placement at JB. You might say it's the quality of the phone...sure, but who paid for the early R&D?

Next also plugged Vulcan (proudly so). Certainly worked for Vulcan, judging by how close they've come to realization (also the early shareholders).

You think the US patent system would grant a patent with national defence implications (which has competing US applications), to a company that's a nobody? I don't think they would, nor would they fear being challenged if the company is broke.