Quit Worrying About Competitors, And Start Making Money

By: Michael J Foycik Jr.
January 27, 2020
The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For further information, please email at IP1lwyr@gmail.com, or call at 877-654-3336.

Stop worrying! Many inventors and businesses become paralyzed by worry when trying to advance a new idea.

What if competitors import cheap knock-offs? What if they steal your idea? What if it isn't protectable as a patent?

Here are some factors to put your mind at ease.

First, competitors won't spend money to copy a product unless they are sure it will make money. For anything that is new, how can they know? Probably only by seeing if you make money. That gives you a big head start. If your product is good, you can saturate the market before the first knock-off arrives. Also, this gives you time to establish your trademark or trade name, so that people asking for it by name will always get your product.

Second, until your idea is made public, it can be protected as a trade secret, assuming you have marked everything confidential and avoided any non-confidential disclosures. Again, this provides a real head start, with the benefits noted above.

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