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Patents are so difficult to go with. Some people know they have the best idea ever, spend the 13k to get a patent, and do good on it. I'm not that confident th
by Roridge 17y ago
Patents are so difficult to go with. Some people know they have the best idea ever, spend the 13k to get a patent, and do good on it.
I'm not that confident that I could spend that much money upfront without a guaranteed return (not to mention I don't have that much money).
Also I read lots about patents that are challenged because someone somewhere else thought of it, and wrote it down 6 months before.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agoprovisional patents only cost a couple hundred.
- ErrantX 17y agoLawyer costs, though not compulsory, quickly push that up tenfold (we just filed a patent - not for software though)
- anamax 17y ago> I'm not that confident that I could spend that much money upfront without a guaranteed return (not to mention I don't have that much money). Very few things come with meaningful guarantees, and none of them have decent return. Patents aren't exceptions to that rule.