Best way to protect personal Ideas

Then keep it to yourself until you do have the money or find someone you
trust not to steal your idea to loan you the money.

Pete

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It depends on what your idea is.

If it's a work of art (includes music, writings, etc), then you would
copyright it.

If it's an invention (which could be a physical thing, or a process)
then
you would patent it.

Copyrights are very simple since by creating it, you are technically the
copyright owner (this is U.S. law, I can't speak to any others), though
to
have enforceable power of that, you'd want some sort of proof.
Registering
the copyright is the easiest way and that's pretty cheap.

Patents, which is what you're probably after, are a different story
altogether. You need a patent attorney and a few thousand dollars to
patent
(last I checked, though I could be wrong).

Of course, the cheapest and easiest way of making sure that nobody else
steals your idea is not to tell anyone else what it is.

If you think the idea is worth money and you don't have the money to
create
and market it, then get a patent and then you can sell the rights to
others
to use your idea.

Pete
"wavelength" wrote in message
...
Hiyas All ,

Lets assume that you have a original idea that you want to protect
so
that no one steals it from you and that you get credit for it - AS YOU
SHOULD !. How is the best way to protect your idea ?

Best





What if ya dont have any money for a patent attorney
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It depends on what your idea is.

If it's a work of art (includes music, writings, etc), then you would
copyright it.
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Ummm...if it's a work of art, or many other things, in the more than 100
signator countries of international conventions, it is copyrighted the
**instant you creat it.**

What one does in this instance is 'register' the copyright, said
registration available to be used in court in lawsuits for future
infringements.

For artistic works, see www.gov.loc/copyright

For other items, a good start would be to take orginals and protection
copies of all documents and drawings to a notary public and get them
notarized. Courts could respect claims of originality based on such
documentation.

Mail copies of all material to your self; dated, registered mail; do not
open them except as evidence in court.

-bg-
www.thelittlecanadaheadphoneband.ca
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If it's an invention (which could be a physical thing, or a process) then
you would patent it.

Copyrights are very simple since by creating it, you are technically the
copyright owner (this is U.S. law, I can't speak to any others), though to
have enforceable power of that, you'd want some sort of proof. Registering
the copyright is the easiest way and that's pretty cheap.

Patents, which is what you're probably after, are a different story
altogether. You need a patent attorney and a few thousand dollars to
patent
(last I checked, though I could be wrong).

Of course, the cheapest and easiest way of making sure that nobody else
steals your idea is not to tell anyone else what it is.

If you think the idea is worth money and you don't have the money to
create
and market it, then get a patent and then you can sell the rights to
others
to use your idea.

Pete
"wavelength" wrote in message
...
Hiyas All ,

Lets assume that you have a original idea that you want to protect
so
that no one steals it from you and that you get credit for it - AS YOU
SHOULD !. How is the best way to protect your idea ?

Best

If that URL doesn't work, try http://www.copyright.gov/

--bg-
www.thelittlecanadaheadphoneband.ca

"wavelength" wrote in message
...
Hiyas All ,

Lets assume that you have a original idea that you want to protect so
that no one steals it from you and that you get credit for it - AS YOU
SHOULD !. How is the best way to protect your idea ?

Don't tell anybody what it is.

Develop and market it yourself.

A patent is a how-to guide for theft of intellectual property. Half the
"third world" economy runs on that.


Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA

Dear tadchem:

"tadchem" wrote in message
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"wavelength" wrote in message
...
Hiyas All ,

Lets assume that you have a original idea that you want to protect
so
that no one steals it from you and that you get credit for it - AS YOU
SHOULD !. How is the best way to protect your idea ?

Don't tell anybody what it is.

Develop and market it yourself.

A patent is a how-to guide for theft of intellectual property. Half the
"third world" economy runs on that.

I wonder if you could patent birth control...

David A. Smith

"wavelength" wrote in message ...
Hiyas All ,

Lets assume that you have a original idea that you want to protect so
that no one steals it from you and that you get credit for it - AS YOU
SHOULD !. How is the best way to protect your idea ?

Best




The best way is to

1. Patent your idea.

2. Hold millions in reserve in order to sue all the inevitable patent
jumpers (including major corporations) who are going to try to steal
your idea.