Hello fellow DIY'ers, Got a GREAT IDEA?? Looked it up online and NOBODY seems to have thought of it before?
How do you go about getting your IP patented so you can start produce and/or license it out to a large company without getting SHAFTED by schysters, Copied by Chinks(Impossiburu!!) or just having your Idea outright STOLEN by someone else, possibly even someone in the Patent office itself??
In this thread we discuss and trade info on how to secure your idea, get it patented, and begin the process of negotiation with either an established company for licensing and distribution for royalties, or taking bigger steps towards starting a production company yourself, and hiring in /OURGUYS/ and FUCK HR for evermore.
DO NOT POST YOUR IDEAS HERE, AS IT IS A PUBLIC FORUM AND YOUR RIGHT TO PATENT WILL BE LOST
This thread is ONLY for discussions of safe methodology,(until you get your provisional patent, that is.)
>DID YOU KNOW
☼ that it only cost $60-$70 to file a provisional patent?
☼ that places like "InventHelp" (the commercial with the retarded cartoon of the caveman making a stone wheel,)have actually been warned AGAINST by the FCC for practices that are almost but not quite fraud?
☼ that most patent lawyers are IN IT FOR THE MONEY*(no shit, right, but even the good ones will usually try to UPSELL you on "services" you don't need?)
☼ That you could start making money FASTER with your Idea by filing a provisional patent, doing the legwork of your "sales sheet" contacting companies directly, and licensing your idea to them?
☼ that posting your idea BeFORE it's provisionally patented WILL nullify your claim to your own IP, even if it's on a homemade webpage that NOBODY ELSE has even visited?
There are LOTS of pitfalls, but a little knowledge of how it works and how it CAN work can make the difference between you sitting on an Idea that could make you thousands, maybe even MILLIONS of dollars in royalty checks, and the company will very often pick up or help with the costs of converting the provisional Patent to a full blown one.
You just need to do it the right way(s--There are more than one approach) and that great Idea that's been rattling around in that head of yours could make the difference between you being stuck in the Wageslave Goybucks Cycle, and having a nice chunk of change that keeps coming in quarterly.
I know many of you have at least ONE patent-able/License-able idea, like myself, but have been frozen with the Idea that the start-up $$$ is too much for something that won't even break even.(Many such IRL cases)
If you can get past the Boomer presenter and his Landfill cramming, plastic garbage, This guy has solid info on how to do.
(I still can't tell whether or not he's a jEW , but some of the other guys he works with are definitely NOT and are a treasure trove of information.)
*NOT the boomer leading the Q&A
https://youtu.be/Vv_D4LfRHbk
Boomer Protec
https://youtu.be/rsMAmxqn7K8
but He Also Attac
https://youtu.be/eS732aArMfI
*I'm not trying to shill this company exclusively, I'm only showing Anons information that I found after Years of wading through BAD INFORMATION that would have cost me WAY MORE than necessary, or even worse, would've gotten my idea dumped into a pile never to see the light of day again...
Any submissions of good videos and ideas for entry, spitballing generalities on design needs and prototyping tips are WELCOME here.