InventNet | Angela | Activity https://inventnet.com/members/angelabm/activity/ Activity feed for Angela. Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:03:42 -0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 3d3cdf93f0dd79d70d75e5e9513b2f4e Angela replied to the topic Be careful who you share your idea with in the forum Invention scams http://inventnet.com/forums/topic/be-careful-who-you-share-your-idea-with/#post-7258 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 13:32:07 -0700 You’re all right. One thing I should add is that you also have to be aware of what isn’t a scam. Usually your gut feeling helps but you have to make sure what it tells you is in fact correct. It takes time and effort to find out which companies/people are scammers and which aren’t.

]]> 0 279e788b65e1d49f60fa15ed071dcf40 Angela replied to the topic Tips for making a solid plan for selling ideas in the forum Marketing your invention http://inventnet.com/forums/topic/tips-for-making-a-solid-plan-for-selling-ideas/#post-7202 Sun, 09 Sep 2018 19:47:34 -0700 1. You have to make sure that your idea something new.
2. You need to secure your intellectual property rights and make your idea semi-protected. Unless you have embodied the implementation in hardware or code, you have a concept which may or may not be fully protectable.
3. A lot of companies will refuse to sign an NDA to limit the possibility of…[Read more]

]]> 0 3091f0341ab39460a34b0628df93df7a Angela changed their profile picture https://inventnet.com/activity/p/509/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 10:27:26 -0700 0 f27324f6383e970fb29daa77e5cd5310 Angela replied to the topic Am I being scammed? in the forum Invention scams http://inventnet.com/forums/topic/am-i-being-scammed/#post-7187 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 09:57:59 -0700 As I said on the other thread, you’d want to ask them the following questions:
– what exactly will the $4,500 get you?
– ask for a list of things they will do for that money.
– is there a refund if they aren’t able to license your idea?
– how many products have they tried to license and how many have they actually licensed?

My guess is that less…[Read more]

]]> 0 e1cb9af7ac0c02ecee43779bbd2a574a Angela replied to the topic How to sell your invention to a company? in the forum Marketing your invention http://inventnet.com/forums/topic/how-to-sell-your-invention-to-a-company/#post-7186 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 09:54:26 -0700 You should definitely ask them the following questions:
– what exactly will the $4,500 get you?
– ask for a list of things they will do for that money.
– is there a refund if they aren’t able to license your idea?
– how many products have they tried to license and how many have they actually licensed?

My guess is that less than 1% of all their…[Read more]

]]> 0 925603356e2aafaf765d8fa872c6e489 Angela replied to the topic How to sell your invention to a company? in the forum Marketing your invention http://inventnet.com/forums/topic/how-to-sell-your-invention-to-a-company/#post-7183 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 09:29:40 -0700 Hi Mike,

You don’t need to have your patent before you start pitching your idea to a company. What you need is to apply for a patent first to try and maintain some level of control or protection on your idea, and only then try to pitch or sell your idea to the company to see if they would be willing to buy or license your patent application from…[Read more]

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