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Post by ayezatulbrite on Apr 24, 2012 11:19:17 GMT -5
I can patent it myself but I'd rather keep expensive lawyers out of it. That's why I'd rather just sell it as a trade secret, a kind of "consultancy fee". Do I need a lawyer to charge a consultancy fee? Because that is essentially what I would be doing. Patents can be a minefield and I would rather be getting on with my life and the next project. Maybe I could give them a demonstration and see how impressed they are. Then I could ask them if they would want to do an upfront deal or if they would be prepared to do a joint patent apllication of some kind. It will be obvious once they have heard it. It makes the graphics card run faster. It even makes the DVD rom play scratchy CDs. I had an idea about 20 years ago and I went to see someone to discuss it without telling him what it was. Eventually he got annoyed when I did no tell him what it was! I was younger and innocent back then! OK I can speak to a patent lawyer but I can't properly employ one. Anyway, the original question was "does 20,000 sound a reasonable amount to ask for? Cause I dunno! Oh nice. That's fucking priceless that is....a TBC reg complaining that I have derailed his thread.....you lot do like pots and fucking kettles as a topic of conversation don't you? Do nuclear fucking reactors ring a bell with you??...or amalgam fucking fillings? Whole milk familiar to you is it?  ^^^^^^^ This is the size of the hump I currently have!! And I duuno neever!!   stop SHOUTING at me... and anyway, I'm STILL waiting for an answer!!! |
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Post by ayezatulbrite on Apr 25, 2012 13:54:05 GMT -5
As I see it, the problem is that they won't want to pay anything until they hear the idea, and once they hear the idea they won't have any reason to pay. Perhaps you could get them to agree to some sort of non-disclosure agreement, such that you could tell them the idea and they would be legally bound not to use it without a further business deal being agreed upon. Not sure if that would fly legally. You might want to post a question on Yahoo! Answers about this (OK stop laughing guys, I'm serious!). Perhaps someone with some experience in this field could give you some real advice. It's like this: they gotta take a risk just as I am taking a risk. The most they have to lose is 20 grand and they have a turnover of 60,000 grand. |
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Post by StormInateacup on May 2, 2012 16:38:28 GMT -5
As I see it, the problem is that they won't want to pay anything until they hear the idea, and once they hear the idea they won't have any reason to pay. Perhaps you could get them to agree to some sort of non-disclosure agreement, such that you could tell them the idea and they would be legally bound not to use it without a further business deal being agreed upon. Not sure if that would fly legally. You might want to post a question on Yahoo! Answers about this (OK stop laughing guys, I'm serious!). Perhaps someone with some experience in this field could give you some real advice. It's like this: they gotta take a risk just as I am taking a risk. The most they have to lose is 20 grand and they have a turnover of 60,000 grand. Then split the difference and ask for 30. |
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