My Idea was stolen to a T (Lesson Learned) giggrabber

[NicoleMarie]

file a trademark,
you can get the other guys site.

Fight back or stop

your choice
Z

Just wondering, should we all be getting a patent as soon as we start working on our idea or does it have to be more "official?"

 

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[CarrieW]

http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/definitions.jsp and it depends on what the idea is...

 

[NicoleMarie]

http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/definitions.jsp and it depends on what the idea is...

I already read that but I'm wondering at what stage in development we should get one. I suppose the sooner the better...

 

[Ivan]

Welcome to the club
For all future ventures, assume that this will happen within 1 week of going live. Ask me how I know...


EDIT: The good news is, they probably don't believe in the idea enough to go all in. The real question now is: do you?

 

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[CarrieW]

development of what tho? you have to have something to patent.... you cant really patent/protect an idea you have to be able to describe it in enough detail that someone in the industry could make/reproduce it by what you have described.

if you don't have a product or service or completed something or at least a fully thought out plan/idea that you can put to paper there is nothing to protect...

 

[GuestUser113]

but it was his idea...

Ideas are worthless. ACTION & EXECUTION is the key.

 

[CarrieW]

Ideas are worthless. ACTION & EXECUTION is the key.

but hes not claiming someone stole his execution and action. LOL

 

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[D11FYY]

Most business's/ideas can be replicated and made better and more efficient somehow.
Your idea might have been stolen but that website looks like its been stuck together in less than a day.
So are you going to just close the book on this idea or is this going to put some FIRE in your belly and do it your way and BETTER?

 

[biophase]

This guy is doing you a favor. If his site succeeds, you got the actual domain. You can piggy back off of his type in traffic. If this guy was smart he'd come after you for the domain name afterwards claiming he used that word first.

 

[decaobr]

Just by the typing font, this guy uses in his website, you can tell he is no professional, so there's still plenty of time to do a better job than him.

 

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