They stole my idea!
02-13-2008, 05:47 PM
#21
Fork Horn
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RE: They stole my idea!
actually you do have the paten on it, so long as you can prove in some way that you created it first, then you have 1 year from the first time you show it till it is up for grabs. if they actually stole it they you are entitled to all the money they produce, they would force you into a long drawn out court battle though. talk to a paten lawyer and they will tell you the laws.
02-13-2008, 06:50 PM
#24
Fork Horn
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RE: They stole my idea!
i am almost sure if you take the evidence to a paten lawyer and talk with him/her you would get the paten all to your self. they would be able to go over the law and show you all the criteria that that would define it. all you have to do is get the evidence showing it on huntingnet or prove that you showed it to anyone and the date you first did it, then you can fall under the 1 year rule.
02-13-2008, 08:01 PM
#26
Fork Horn
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RE: They stole my idea!
Ya Its sucks but there is nothing I can do about it. I am only 15 so I dont even know if I can legally patent it and I wouldn't even know where to start. I definately am not going to go to court over it. I could still probably sell my broadhead. But then again im only 15 so I wouldnt know how to do any of that. Live and Learn
Die Hard
Die Hard
02-14-2008, 08:11 AM
#27
Giant Nontypical
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RE: They stole my idea!
well being 15 has nothing to do with it
i started working on seadoo jetskis at 16 owned my own shop at 18
As for the broad head if there selling it they have patented it already so if you went and sold it you would be on the wrong side of the issue then legally
As for selling it first get something that works
then there are quick and cheap temporary patents you get to test the idea then call some broad head makes and so on.
i started working on seadoo jetskis at 16 owned my own shop at 18
As for the broad head if there selling it they have patented it already so if you went and sold it you would be on the wrong side of the issue then legally
As for selling it first get something that works
then there are quick and cheap temporary patents you get to test the idea then call some broad head makes and so on.
ORIGINAL: diehardhunter
Ya Its sucks but there is nothing I can do about it. I am only 15 so I dont even know if I can legally patent it and I wouldn't even know where to start. I definately am not going to go to court over it. I could still probably sell my broadhead. But then again im only 15 so I wouldnt know how to do any of that. Live and Learn
Die Hard
Ya Its sucks but there is nothing I can do about it. I am only 15 so I dont even know if I can legally patent it and I wouldn't even know where to start. I definately am not going to go to court over it. I could still probably sell my broadhead. But then again im only 15 so I wouldnt know how to do any of that. Live and Learn
Die Hard
02-14-2008, 08:49 AM
#28
Join Date: Mar 2005
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RE: They stole my idea!
I had this same idea last spring, while sitting in a ground blind turkey hunting,before I knew you were exploring it. It is entirely conceivable that American Broadhead came up with it independently as well. I know it kinda sucks having a 100 watter come into your head . . . . but they may not have actually "stolen" your idea.
For that matter, do you know if they patented it? It is my understanding that an idea has to be a certain departure from existing designs to merit a patent . . . . I'm not sure if this one is different and unique enough to qualify.
For that matter, do you know if they patented it? It is my understanding that an idea has to be a certain departure from existing designs to merit a patent . . . . I'm not sure if this one is different and unique enough to qualify.
02-14-2008, 09:58 AM
#29
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
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RE: They stole my idea!
ya i thought hope the idea of a TV show around the show Jericho two years before theyeven had ads upbut they got to it first
it just shows you guys had a real good idea keep thinking them up
it just shows you guys had a real good idea keep thinking them up
ORIGINAL: Roskoe
I had this same idea last spring, while sitting in a ground blind turkey hunting,before I knew you were exploring it. It is entirely conceivable that American Broadhead came up with it independently as well. I know it kinda sucks having a 100 watter come into your head . . . . but they may not have actually "stolen" your idea.
For that matter, do you know if they patented it? It is my understanding that an idea has to be a certain departure from existing designs to merit a patent . . . . I'm not sure if this one is different and unique enough to qualify.
I had this same idea last spring, while sitting in a ground blind turkey hunting,before I knew you were exploring it. It is entirely conceivable that American Broadhead came up with it independently as well. I know it kinda sucks having a 100 watter come into your head . . . . but they may not have actually "stolen" your idea.
For that matter, do you know if they patented it? It is my understanding that an idea has to be a certain departure from existing designs to merit a patent . . . . I'm not sure if this one is different and unique enough to qualify.
