Patent help (reply to Erich's post with this information)

SleuCrew · Posted: Aug 23, 2004 5:27 pm Post subject:

You left out one of the most important aspects of a patent... there are two diffrent ones you would need to look into, a Design patent and and Utility patent. Your Utility patent is by far more important and much more spesfic. This is what will keep other people from ripping off your idea. Its funny you mention the snowskate thing cause one of my best friends invented the snowskate AkA Premier! anyways if you want some more info on patents i will be more than happy to help you with what i know on them.

gregg · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 681 City: Killen

I really don't know much about patenting an invention, though i do know in music there is a a thing called a "poor man's copyright." This invovles writing out your song completely, mailing it to yourself and never opening it unles there is a claim made. This has worked wonders for one of my best friends and his music, but like i said i'm not sure if it would work with a patent.

wakeriderof87 · Frontside 180 Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 495 City: cen fla

gregg, i'm not understanding. just because you have a song in an envelope how does that make it a copyright

gregg · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 681 City: Killen

wakeriderof87, the envolope wil have a "goverment apporved" date stamped on it, so as long as you dont open it the courts cant say that you did not write the song by he date on the envolope.

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

another way of doing a poor mans patent, is to apply and stamp patent pending on your product then try to make all the scratch you can before the deadline to close application comes, most people won't invest in copying a product that could be potentially protected, so it buys you some time.

ThomasNguyen · Faceplant Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 31 City: Austin

Actually, mailing yourself isn't good anymore. Check this article out...

http://www.inventionconvention.com/ncio/inventing101/002.html

Maybe it works for your friend, but I took a few steps beyond.

Edit: Now since this topic has moved a bit outside of wakeskating, maybe I should have rethought the post and put it in non-wakeskating....

revolutionconcepts · Posted: Aug 25, 2004 10:42 am Post subject:

anyone hear about the wheelbarrow...thing??? i heard it wasn't patended...so a guy put a patent on it and made a crap ton of money.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Aug 25, 2004 6:40 pm Post subject:

I've heard that to. I think I saw it on the history channel