http://upandrunning.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/12/in-patents-i-trust-not/ Starting your business with growth in mind Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:06:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://upandrunning.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/12/in-patents-i-trust-not/comment-page-1/#comment-273 James Jessop Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:44:43 +0000 http://upandrunning.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/12/in-patents-i-trust-not/#comment-273 In patents you may not trust but beware of Patent Trolls. I suggest to spend your money on doing a Prior Art survey instead of an application for a patent. Make sure your idea or invention is not infringing any patent and just go and do it. If you manufacture a new product that might be included in a patent, be sure there are people out there who trust patents and that they will get to you on patent infringement. In patents you may not trust but beware of Patent Trolls. I suggest to spend your money on doing a Prior Art survey instead of an application for a patent. Make sure your idea or invention is not infringing any patent and just go and do it. If you manufacture a new product that might be included in a patent, be sure there are people out there who trust patents and that they will get to you on patent infringement.

]]> http://upandrunning.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/12/in-patents-i-trust-not/comment-page-1/#comment-264 janine leventon Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:22:22 +0000 http://upandrunning.entrepreneur.com/2007/10/12/in-patents-i-trust-not/#comment-264 I have two product ideas that would be cheap and easy to make. I thought I would need a patent for them,but maybe not. The little bit of research I have done with regards to a patent,seems as if they would be expensive to get one. How do you decide if a patent is a good business objective and does the cost of a patent vary with the cost of the product? Can you find out how much it would cost ahead of time to get a patent? Also,I do not know who I can share these ideas with and I have no idea where to go from here. But I think the ideas are good and would be successful. The target audience would be children (ages 3-13 years). I have some money saved. Please advise-thank you. I have two product ideas that would be cheap and easy to make. I thought I would need a patent for them,but maybe not. The little bit of research I have done with regards to a patent,seems as if they would be expensive to get one. How do you decide if a patent is a good business objective and does the cost of a patent vary with the cost of the product? Can you find out how much it would cost ahead of time to get a patent?
Also,I do not know who I can share these ideas with and I have no idea where to go from here. But I think the ideas are good and would be successful. The target audience would be children (ages 3-13 years). I have some money saved. Please advise-thank you.

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