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| Thread ID: 45967 | 2004-06-08 21:46:00 | slightly OT: have an idea, need help | falvrez (390) | Press F1 |
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| 242881 | 2004-06-08 21:46:00 | Hello all I have an idea for a PC-related product. Nothing flash or fancy, but something I feel would be usable and popular. Anyway my problem is where to start: patents, design, manufacture, capital etc etc. I'm a salaried worker so no time to just cruise off and start this mission. Is there any applicable funding for a startup venture where the person is already employed? These are the mine fields I must navigate... Any help greatly appreciated. |
falvrez (390) | ||
| 242882 | 2004-06-08 21:49:00 | ring a patent attourney and do some enquiring however be aware that they will try to 'sell' you their services, which DONT come cheap at all !!! So listen to what they say but dont 'sign up' or agree to anything till you've done some real thorough checkin | drcspy (146) | ||
| 242883 | 2004-06-08 22:34:00 | These places may help too. Here (www.homebizbuzz.co.nz) Here (www.vcapital.co.nz) Here (www.edanz.org.nz) |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 242884 | 2004-06-08 22:36:00 | Phone the Ministry of Economic Development. They might give you some suggestions on possible ways to head, or possible devlopment funding that might be available. On the other hand, dealing with government bureaucracies... ???? |
rugila (214) | ||
| 242885 | 2004-06-08 22:53:00 | You can file your own patents, you don't need a patent lawyer. I was looking at a site telling you how to do it a few weeks ago. | kiki (762) | ||
| 242886 | 2004-06-08 23:18:00 | A couple of thoughts. Search this forum because this topic was traversed in the past year. Secondly, with all due respect to Kiki, there is a saying: "a lawyer who acts for himself has a fool for a client" Yes, you can register your own patents. You can also repair your own teeth, do your own appendectomy, and wire your house. What you cannot do, is learn how to do all of that from the net with absolute confidence you will get it right. You also cannot learn experience. That only comes from doing something again and again. Get expert advice once you know you need it. In my experience patent attorneys do not waste their time on matters which have no prospect of success. They can quickly tell you the steps involved. It's amazing how many good ideas are not able to be patented or copyrighted. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 242887 | 2004-06-08 23:38:00 | >>You can also repair your own teeth Now thats funny.:D Did anyone notice in the news a week ago MS succesfully patented the double click? Can only mean trouble. |
metla (154) | ||
| 242888 | 2004-06-08 23:48:00 | errrr..... WTF??? luck i'm using fluxbox, where everything is a right click away..... |
timo (5725) | ||
| 242889 | 2004-06-08 23:49:00 | > > > You can also repair your own teeth > > Now thats funny.:D > > Did anyone notice in the news a week ago MS > succesfully patented the double click? > > Can only mean trouble. MS were able to patent it because the US patent system is broken or more accurately hasn't kept up with the times. You'll find a whole bunch of spurious and trivial patents being filed, making hay while the sun shines so to speak. NZ's system isn't much better BTW while the EU's may cause a bit of trouble for the likes of the MS double click patent. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 242890 | 2004-06-08 23:51:00 | Yes well its good to get advice, but if you wanted to save a lot of money you could do it yourself. For starters you could file for patent pending which is free. | kiki (762) | ||
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