I am working on a mod soon, and I should be done with it by next week sometime which its more like an update invention of a product that already exists. I just want to know if its legal to do this? I was going to make an invention that does the same thing the mod will do, but somebody has a patent for that, and I thought about this for 3 years, which is when I found out that somebody had a patent for it. I doubt that what the person who has the patent will do the same thing I want to do with the mod which will help people out dramastically. Please let me know if its going to be legal or not. I want to sell the mod on ebay, and as soon as I do people will be all over it, and want me to make more quantities of that mod to sell to them.
unless the mod is for a software which has been released under the terms of the open source license, I think you should be fine.
If your modifying/updating an existing mod you should A) give credit to the original mod creator and B) ask them permission to sell it before you do so, and if you can help it you should really ask them permission to modify/update it too (unlesd its a GPL license) if you claim it all to be of your own work (i mean as well as the original mod) then that would be slightly illegal and be an infringement of copyright
I wouldn't say it was all me, but I don't know who the original creator was, if they are still alive, and how to contact that person. Its a mod that right now has nothing to do with the tv, but when I am done messing with somebody elses invention I will have the mod for the tv. Also its not software. Also its more like an improvement for the TV, and I just didn't know how to word it, but mod sounded good. I have been doing more research and I am almost 100% positive that the guy who invented what I want to take and move to a tv is dead.
ah my apologies, i thought you meant a mod as in VB mod or something. I think youd be absolutely fine with it in that case, as hundreds upon hundreds of companies make TV's and various variations of it. You may however want some legal advice as to the best way forward and you may need to find some investors, preferrably ones who are allready in the industry. Also if your invention/adaptation is unique enough I would be inclined to protect it with a patent before you go telling too many people what it is.
Somebody already has a patent. I am just really fast at certain stuff, and I could get this done in a few days. I was just going to sell on ebay for a while or something since somebody already has a patent.
do they have a patent on your device (specifically the concept of your device)? because if so you would be breaching their rights, the patent is intended to prevent anyone from copying their concept,design etc etc. Unless you own the patent?
I am not sure. I just asked somebody I know, and they said they wanted to do something similar to what I want to do, but they said somebody made a patent for that. Even if I sell on ebay I would be breaching somebodies rights?
I would get a lawyer to check if there is a patent on it or not, they could just be BS'ing you to try to get there first, and if there is no patent you may want to consider filing for one.
ok. I just used a website called US patents, and I e-mailed them to see if they can help me out, cause I don't feel like getting a lawyer to check or anything like that. I don't have a lawyer, and I would most likely have to pay for one which I have no money at the moment. I am trying to pay off my debt. I just bought a bunch of x-mas presents, and probably paid too much for my family, but oh well. I bought myself 2 gateway p-6831fx, but that was a few months back, and recently I bought myself a 50" samsung plasma screen TV which I didn't receive yet. My b-day was on nov. 24th so I thought I would treat myself to something. Also I bought myself an 80gb ps3 off ebay that was broken, and fixed it. I only bought a 50" plasma tv cause my parents want their 53" rear projection tv back, and they want to give me the 15" lcd they have, but for new years people won't want to play ps3 split 4 ways on a 15" screen. I saw that the 50" rear projection tv was only $200.00 cheaper then what I paid for the plasma, and I got a good deal. I bought a blu ray player for my dad for x-mas, macgyver series for my mom, and spent $20.00 on my sisters.
Meh allright for some lol are you trying to make me hate you or something In some circumstances you can get legal aid, at least here in the uk but if you wanted a patent then there will be legal fees, processing fees etc to pay wheather your hire a lawyer or not, but I would suggest getting in touch with the patent office themselves they may be able to offer more help.
No, I am not trying to get anybody to hate me. I am just trying to state that I have no money. I know that there will be fees and stuff to pay, but a loan is always an option for me. I don't want to pay for a lawyer to check this out cause what if somebody does have a patent for this? then I just wasted my money.
Lol i was just pulling your leg m8 I was just offering my advice to you also, i dont really have any experience with filing patents etc more offering my personal opinion, which of course you dont have to act on but good point there any money you can save is good, hiring lawyers can be an expensive business ;p Protecting your invention with a patent is an obvious step and checking to see if anyone has filed a patent for your invention is a good idea too otherwise it would be a waste of your money getting it developed. Hope you don't mind my blabberings lol