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Eugene
careful with axes
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hillsborough, CA
 
2005-01-13, 05:43

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Originally Posted by scratt
So let me think...

If you had a great idea... A world changing idea, and you couldn't make that thing by yourself, so you hired people to help you make that thing...
You learn how to file a patent. It's not hard and you don't even have to make the thing, only describe it. That will protect you for what, 15 years? That's long enough for most IP holders to have their cake before it goes stale or is emulated in a non-patent infringing way.