Let's face it, inventing can
be tough and treacherous. There are hundreds of companies
who would gladly take your hard earned money and make a ton
of promises, only to leave you with an empty wallet.
Developing an invention is one of the
most rewarding accomplishments you can ever do in life because it takes an idea
that came from your inner most thoughts and combines it
with your outermost talents and experiences. It is
through the invention process that takes and creates
(develops) your idea into a tangible product
for the world to enjoy.
One of the greatest thrills in seeing and having your idea
being bought by someone (or a large retail chain) is that
it confirms your feeling of self-worth.
However, if you do not watch yourself, and if you lack
inventing knowledge and experience, then you can easily
and quickly be taken advantage of, and the greatest of
this greatest feeling of self-worth can become a life-long
nightmare.
Protecting Your Rights
One of
the most important impacts of your invention is protecting
your rights to it. If you don't protect your idea, you and
it will be taken advantage of and you could end up
spending thousands of dollars and have nothing to show for
it.
Did you know
you can legally protect your idea without submitting a
patent?
The United states Patent and Trademark Office,
www.uspto.gov, states
that the first to invent is the first to receive credit.
It is extremely important to protect your invention before
sharing it with anyone. Do you know, according
to the law, you can protect your invention's concept
without having to spend any money on any patent - if
you do it right!
Invention Companies
There are
hundreds of companies who know and understand how the
invention process works and also know that individual
inventors are more emotional about their new product idea
then they are inventing smart.
Pick up any invention magazine or book,
or ask around and you
will easily hear a sad story (stories) about
how the development of someone's invention
went bad. You can quickly find horror stories about how
inventors were duped into doing this and spending that and
having to continue doing this for years,
with nothing to show for it.
Many inventing
companies start out telling you how good your invention
is: What potential they see it having, and how excited they
are about it. They may even paint an unrealistic picture
about how successful you will be once your invention is
developed and on the market. Beware, ONLY THE MARKET
DICTATES HOW SUCCESSFUL A PRODUCT WILL BE!
One of the
biggest stories you will hear from invention companies is
that they will find manufactures willing to produce your
invention. What they do may not make clear on is
that YOU have to pay for the manufacturing. And like
all manufacturers, there are minimum quantities required
per run, there may be set up charges and miscellaneous
fees that may be pertinent to your invention.
Don't be
fooled into believing they are the only ones who have the
resources to develop your invention because, guess what?
It is easy to locate hundreds of manufactures willing and
eager to develop your invention. Go to
www.thomasnet.com and see. With the right tool
and resource you can develop your invention much farther
then you think.
If you choose
to use an invention company please understand their
procedure is to first discuss your invention and if they
feel it is worth their time and effort (sometimes this is
based on the money you are willing to invest), they will
send you a bunch of papers to sign. This is normal
procedure.
Invention is a
process and it will evolve
Also, for the
record as will also be stated in the paper work submitted
to you by inventing companies), their initial fee does
not cover the numerous development stages your invention
may go through. And your invention WILL go through
several development stages - you will be amazed at the
exciting development growth it will do as it comes to
fruition.
Be that as it may, if you think invention
submission companies initial fees are outrageous,
the different development stages fees will be more
staggering in comparison. And if you don't continue to pay, your invention
will just sit undeveloped and all your initial investment
(and dreams)
will be wasted.
Understand your invention will go
through numerous development stages as its final ready for
market function, look and appeal comes to fruition.
Use invention sense and conduct most of the work yourself.
With the right tools and resources at your side and save
thousands of hard earned dollars.
Taking an
invention idea and bringing it to market takes time and
effort. You may not now have all the answers, or
even know all the questions to ask, but how important is
it to you to get started on the right foot?
But now there's good
news!...
I promise your
situation is not unique. And more importantly - your
situation is NOT hopeless.
Companies have
millions to spend developing an idea, do you? Don't
get ripped off or be duped into spending thousands of dollars
on your invention idea. Get The Idea Logbook as your
resource and guide and get your invention developed.
There's no
doubt inventing on your own can be the most
difficult lesson to learn. Frankly,
Inventing is the only subject you can't fake.
Of course,
some people will tell you that you can do fine without an
understanding of inventing. WRONG! Just
take a look around and ask anyone who has tried
inventing a new product concept. Their disastrous results
speak loud and clear!
However, the
big problem with most books on the subject is they are filled with
basic information, but not enough actual
procedures and tools to make inventing easier. You
practically have to be a brain surgeon to figure out
what to do and when, after you read what they have to say.
Sound all too
familiar?
That's why you
need to try something that works and doesn't cost an arm
and a leg...
