Re: Patent an idea? Sorry, I'm a newbie !

Subject: Re: Re: Patent an idea? Sorry, I'm a newbie !

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: : I am curious as to whether an "idea" can be protected even though there is no "real" design. I remember the IT Wars of the 80's when "look and feel" was a big issue and companies were trying to protect ideas like pointing and clicking. : : I would like to protect our simple idea and maybe even earn some dollars at some point in the future. : : Any comments? : I am also search for a reply to the same question. : World Intelectual Property Organisation (look up web site www.wipo.org) does not use the word 'idea' anywhere in any of its documents and publications. : What is needed to get a patant is an 'invention' and the internationally accepted definition is that it must be : (1) 'New' : (2)'Useful' and must be an : (i)'art of manufacture' or : (ii)'process of manaufature' or : (iii)'method of manufacture' or : (iv)'manner of manufacture' : (3) It could be a machine, article or appartus : (4) It could be a product produced by'manufacture' : : Therefore an idea per se is not patantable till it is converted into a product or : a process. : Now the question is whether a product must always be a tangible or physical product only. Here we enter into a grey area of law. If I manufacture a new kind of energy I have every right to patant it. Then it can be extended logically to a financial product. Then again it can be a religious product whichhas a use for the public and can be commercially sold. : 'Patatnting an Idea' is something that the IP Attorny use to mislead the people at large. : Ideas per se may not be patantable unless it is expressed as a product (even if intangible) or as a process. : I had discussed this with some of the patent agents but they remain focused on making some money out of me even before understanding my needs.

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