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"Ideas that did not need an elaborate initial setup or have any cost associated with them." Ahh. I see. Ok. Ya. I had an "epiphany" idea in software. Invested
by ericHosick 14y ago
"Ideas that did not need an elaborate initial setup or have any cost associated with them."
Ahh. I see. Ok. Ya. I had an "epiphany" idea in software. Invested quite a bit in R&D to see if it worked. It did not. A while later, had an epiphany on the epiphany and so on.
The final solution, which is patent pending, took me quite a few years and quite a bit of money (not including opportunity costs) to figure out. It could be I'm just not that smart and that is why it took me so long. However, I've never seen anyone implement this type of technology. No patent, startup, software that exists already. I've seen people over the last 20 years try to solve the problem I've solved, but without success.
Would this fall under something that should not be patented?
- linuxhansl 14y agoYeah, that's an interesting case then. Without knowing the idea it is hard to say. The key question (IMHO) is whether a patent on this would be in the interest of society as a whole. I.e. would you still try to make the idea work even if there was no patent? Or would you not even try to development anything around this because of the fear of somebody stealing your idea and making money with it? Edit: Spelling
- ericHosick 14y agoInitially, if I did not have some kind of IP protection, I would not have taken any risk of going forward with it. I would have chosen something a lot less risky. However, after the fact, it really doesn't make much difference. Now, I would rather have the IP protection to assure openness and standards.