Questions tagged [idea]
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A company patented my idea (paper that I presented and publsihed)
During my master's degree, I wrote a paper and my supervisor did not understand my methodology was novel so he did not file a patent, after two years I noticed that a group of people from a company ...
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If I am a US citizen and I want to patent an idea but I don't have any money, what is the best way to protect it? WIPO? USPTO? Where to start?
If I am a US citizen and I want to patent an idea but I don't have any money, what is the best way to protect it? WIPO? USPTO? Where to start?
All the answers I saw on June 17, 2023 were excellent. I'...
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At what stage is your idea patentable?
Currently, I have an idea to improve, re-design, or add a feature to an existing product. The product is a piece of wearable fitness garment.
This additional feature is very simply to implement. Yet, ...
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How to protect against your patent attorney stealing your ideas?
So in order for me to file a patent for my ideas, I need to hire a patent attorney to write up the documents etc.
This means that I must thoroughly reveal and describe my ideas to my attorney.
How do ...
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Protecting easily replicatable idea
I work as a web developer and I've been toying with an idea for a while. Today I had an idea that would make my idea less expensive and more achieveable.
The problem is my idea would be easily ...
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Can my idea that was published in my own blog still be patentable by me?
Can my idea that was published in my own blog still be patentable by me?
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I have an innovative solution of a problem that was published in my websites blog. After couple of years I rethink and ...
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Why Facebook didn't just copy Instagram which wasn't patented?
Facebook bought Instagram when it wasn't patented. Facebook could have just created a copy of Instagram and launched It with their already existing millions of users.
1- Why did Facebook pay 1 Billion ...
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We didn't patent a possible innovation before the release. What are the risks?
Last year I joined a project started by a friend. He was working for some years on an electrical device and I helped him in many aspects. Recently, the "project" became a "sellable product". ...
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Can a company with a patent sue me for a product I didn't steal from them
For example, if apple get a patent on an idea, and I already had that idea and didn't get a patent for it, and I went ahead and open a company that makes a product based on my idea, can apple sue me ...
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Can a pharmaceutical firm patent a cure I disclosed to them publicly?
I have a cure for Bipolar Disorder. I haven't patented it yet.
However, I started sending emails with the idea to Universities before (a record exists in my email inbox).
Then I have been sending my ...
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Software Patent or Copyright?
I have an idea that I would like to pitch to a software partner that I currently work with. What is the best approach to protect my idea? I'm not sure if I can patent it since it's s concept and not ...
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Protections for selling a business idea
Which protections is needed to be bought for a business idea?
I like to sell it to a European citizen (of Course, for starting it in that country) and I am from a non-EU country.
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Can I describe two different ideas inside a provisional patent application?
I have two ideas completely different and unrelated to each other, I want to put both of them inside a provisional patent application and in a alter time file two non-provisional application for them. ...
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Can I legally sell my own product in my country which is patented in another country?
I made one product.but after survey,I got that the idea which I used to make my product is already patented in other country.but that product is not provided to customer (market) by them. their ...
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When to submit a patent idea?
I have a very nice app Idea, which based on my research it is new, and I am quite sure it would be very much valuable.
At which stage I have to patent it? do I have to patent the idea already, or ...
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Patenting same idea with different methodology
I had a key idea to StartUp a company. But I found other company already holding a patent(found in Google patent search) on same idea but different approach to accomplish it.
Can I patent the same ...
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When someone writes about an invention in a story that is actually a 'workable' idea or it can be developed as such
What if someone has a 'workable' idea for an invention that could be developed into a real 'device' or process that solves some important problems or an idea that can be marketed ; and one actually ...
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To determine the novelty of the idea
I'm trying to build a hexapod with several new capabilities and all the features used are not my original creation but the idea of combining them together to form a bot is my idea, and there is no bot ...
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Is it possible to patent something that is purely an idea?
I have recently thought of an interesting and potentially very successful idea that could be implemented in 2-3 years. It would have at least a EU, or even a worldwide span. However, I have no ...
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Is there a way to determine if hackathon ideas are ultimately patented?
Is there any way to find out if a patent application is connected to results from a hackathon? For example, it has been said that DropBox, Inc. filed two patent applications (password strength meter, ...
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