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Get an NDA with anyone you work with. "Ideas are easy, execution is hard" is a cop-out excuse by people who don't have any patentable worthwhile ideas of their
by neo 19y ago
Get an NDA with anyone you work with. "Ideas are easy, execution is hard" is a cop-out excuse by people who don't have any patentable worthwhile ideas of their own!
- jamiequint 19y agoideas aren't patentable
- Jd 19y agoFor better or worse, this is incorrect.
- brlewis 19y agoIn the theoretical law where statute is obeyed and Supreme Court precedents are followed, you're absolutely right. For the actual law that happens to you when you go to court, you should consult a lawyer.
- Shooter 19y ago"ideas aren't patentable" That's true, but business methods and certain software implementations of novel ideas are patentable...at least in the US. I've found that truly good ideas are easily translated into one or both of these. The problem is, most people have "me too" ideas. All philosophical arguments aside, the patent system can be an entrepreneur's best friend. Yes, the system is heavily abused. I personally don't believe in software patents. But I damn sure use them. Color me hypocritical.
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- pg 19y ago"Ideas are easy, execution is hard" is a cop-out excuse by people who don't have any patentable worthwhile ideas I have a lot of ideas. Some are worthwhile. And yet I think execution is the hard part.
- Kaizyn 19y agoDo you think that's because it's easy for you personally to generate ideas? Such creative thinking comes more easily to some than to most others.
- anamax 19y agoHaving done both, ideas are much easier. (I have 2 issued and 10 pending, 7 of which are a company's crown jewels.)
- vikram 19y agoAn idea for a business is hardly patentable!