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I`m new to the site & have enjoyed the debates, & info greatly. Our time as business entrepreneurs is very valuable, dividing by family, business, ect. ect. so protecting our ideas after months of work is very high on our list.
Most of my ideas are existing products in the construction/home improvement industry, BUT need to be marketed a little differently (packaging), and/or very little changes to them needed if any. If we look at products with a twist & outside the box and ask want else can this be used for? It is (i think) possible to find products that the manufacture is not thinking of sell them for that use.
For example the are several products that do not need any changes to them and could be use to store a wet piant rollor for days befor getting back to the job. I know as a home owner (with kids) who paints his own walls sometimes it takes day to get back to it. BTW I did find two manufactures that did tool&die products to do the same thing.
Someone came up with the idea to sell popsicle sticks in craft stores. That person (salemen) I hope is now on EZ street.
SO THE QUESTION IS!!!! How do I introduce an idea to the manufacture, so that I`m not cut out of the deal????????????. I do not expect 100% of the new product profit, just a cut me a small piece and I`m happy.
Current project www.smallworldstories.net</A> is to collect stories for a future book. Stories such as, Karl who found his lab 5 years later and 2 states away by a man he went to high school with. Or Jerry who after 40 years met his boot camp buddy over a customer service call. Just short stories, I do not have to write them I just have to collect them. DO U HAVE A STORY 4 ME?
Thanks! Have a great day!! & LOOK @ products & how they can B changed slitely if @ all. & marketed differently!
turnhere2007-1-22 2:31:37
I looked at the story site you mentioned in your post and have a
question. On the site, there was a sentence about the fact that no
royalties would be paid if the story was included in the publication. I
assume that means there would also be no payment of any kind. So, my
question is this: What would one benefit for taking their time to write
and contribute a story? SG
I`m right and YOU`RE WRONG and I`ll tell you why thread.......
At first, I wanted to say "Now, boys, be nice...." like someone`s mom
but as I kept reading, something else came to mind. Because of the
determination to prove who is right, you have given very important
information. Had this tit-for-tat not happened, I would not have
learned so much nor would I have gotten all the valuable links that
have been posted. So, thank you all who participated.
I would like to, if I could, say something about being right. In this
case, preserving relationships and remembering the goal that brought
you/us together is far more important than being right. Right?
<GGGGGGG>
If you`ll indulge me a bit more, I have a question and this seems the
perfect place to do so. I understand what`s been said about patents,
etc. and I realize that one minor thing can be changed by a competitor
so that they can do/make the same thing without infringing. And it was
a good point about who has the time to defend themselves in court
regarding such. I am wondering this: Say you have an idea for a
service, one that you could make money from doing and a business that
you could also sell franchises for in the future (after the original
proves valuable and solvent). So, other people see what I`m doing and
want to do the same thing. Fine. But I would like to garner the rights
to make money off that as well, since what I`m doing is NOT being done
by anyone else in the area. Does that make sense? I mean the more the
merrier, I would love multiple locations, I just want to be paid for
being the one who conceived the idea and put it all together. Comments,
suggestions, wisdom? Any helpful ideas welcome. No bummers or
negativity allowed. Please.
As a small company, you can`t really dedicate time and money to defend a patent. A larger company on the other hand does have the money and people to send out just for that purpose. Mean while, they can continue running their company as usual (assuming there isn`t just one product that has an injuction applied to it) for a limited time. Eventually, defending the patent will start harming them, since it has been sucking resources from the start.