Hi guys,
Has anyone ever made a global patent on an idea/invention? I have no idea where to start and I would like to log/patent all my ideas in one place.
If so, how do I go about it?
Thanks in advance.
Global Patent
Gerbud on 28/11/2013 - 03:26
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No such thing. You have to patent in all the jurisdictions you are interested in.
Correct, with the clarification that jurisdictions of 'interest' is usually defined by market size/expected sales, jurisdictions where infringing knock-offs of your invention are likely to be manufactured, places where there is a market and patent rights are cheaply and quickly obtained.
Start by getting legal advice. This is a very complicated issue and most of the time you will find it far to expensive to partake unless you are running a successful business.
If your invention has merit you will probably need significant investment to make this step.
Post your invention here, I'll let you know if it can be patented. I won't steal it, I promise!
I've signed patent forms before. One company I used to work with wanted to patent something I had a hand in, what they did was filed patent in multiple countries throughout the globe. So they had their lawyers do it, probably specializing in this kind of stuff. I had to put my paw print on a stack of documents from different countries. Sadly, I got nothing out of it.
I did have my name on a patent from IBM in the U.S. years ago as well. I got checks (back when checks were the main form of payment) from them for a couple years, not a lot - a couple hundred bucks.
thats interesting.. what did you do for them
Hey,
Many thanks for all the replies. I did some research on google on got various information from forums which was sometime contradictory.
Never take legal advice from google/forums. It's always going to be contradictory, given by non-lawyers or law students.
I think the point you are missing is that the patent system is a very complicated set of laws, which is made worse be the international problems. You need an IP lawyer.
Not an IP Lawyer. The correct professional is a Patent Attorney.
Best lawyer if consult would be slaughter and gorden
Please do some research before posting here as there is no such thing as a global patent.
Have you done a google search for your invention to confirm that it appears to be new?
Have you looked at a specialised free patent search engine such as patentlens ( http://www.patentlens.net/ ) ?
Do you have a few $100K lying around and a few years of your life to throw at the invention?
The best thing to do would be to visit your local patent attorney firm. Many offer a free initial consultation so ask if that firm offers it when you call up. Some of the links below will provide a list of attorneys/firms
More info here:
http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/
http://ipta.org.au/
http://www.psb.gov.au/