I created something huge

eejit101 · #1 03-31-06, 01:19 AM

Umm, no, and im beginning to think ive done it arse way round.

You can get patentcy stuff ordered online, they send it round to your house, you send it off e.t.c

I dont know if my laws and yours are the same, but ive basically put a little thing on my idea that means noone else can pass it off as theirs, unless they can prove beyond any doubt they had invented it earlier. Which is hard unless you got abraham lincoln to sign something on your work sheet

But yes, i should have got more advice, and yes, i will be asking everyones advice from here.

Aequitas58 · #2 03-31-06, 01:26 AM

Well, you're being very discreet about the details, and that's fine, but if it's as "big" as you suggest, I'm confused why you wouldn't want a rake-type compensation option (if that becomes available to you). The way you're playing this up, it sounds like something that could *possibly* change your life. Don't throw that away for $5,000 or $10,000.

Let us know what happens.

Reel Deal · #3 03-31-06, 01:28 AM

That sounds a lot more like a copyright than a patent... patents, at least here in the U.S. (and I would think in the U.K.), are very expensive and time consuming to obtain. You have to have a patent lawyer (a specialist that must pass the patent bar) file your application with the U.S. Patent Office and then it gets examined and only goes to registration if it's patentable and does not infringe any existing patents. Not something you can do via mail order or on-line (copyright however you can do that, it's a much more simple process).

In any event, I would really suggest that you get them to sign a confidentiality agreement with a non-compete clause because I'm now pretty certain that the intellectual property rights in your idea are not as locked up as you might think.

Aequitas58 · #4 03-31-06, 01:35 AM

Nice post, old school.

Reel Deal · #5 03-31-06, 11:53 PM

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Aequitas58 again."

drewjax · #6 04-01-06, 02:15 PM

"Well, we're waiting"

Aequitas58 · #7 04-01-06, 02:25 PM

And so, probably, is he.

eejit101 · #8 04-01-06, 02:49 PM

Bingo

No not a real problem, i was at work all day, and the person who i need to speak to called Shaun is next in on monday, so we have arranged a date. The major problem is him being in the west coast, and me being in the UK, thats a 9 hour difference currently.

Its all being sorted.