You need to sell your house but you can't. Set up a series of trials, be it physical decathalon type or mental jeopardy questions, even an essay contest. You get 200 participants to pay an entry fee of $1000.
Winner gets the house, you get your $200,000.
My idea is for a new game. I know many games are not even patented; do I still have to do a patent search? It is necessary to do a good patent search to make sure that your game idea has not already been patented, because many toys and games are patented, but you are right when you say that many toys and games are not patented.
It is not always necessary to have a patent in order to market toys and games. This is because the industry is so hungry for more and more new games and patenting is too long a process. Often, a copyright is all that is necessary for something like a board game.
You could ask a patent agent or attorney to be sure, but toy agents are happy to look at such items that are not protected and they (at least the ones we work with) are very ethical and would not steal an idea. Be sure to also do a good market search to make sure that your game is not already on sale someplace. Just check stores that carry games and then check the Internet carefully by typing in key words that might describe your game and then following the links to see what is being sold.
Then, check out all catalogs that you can. Most catalogs are online now, so that search is not so difficult. I want to create a new invention by combining two existing products.
Can I do that if the existing items are patented? This is a legal question and we are not attorneys so we cannot give you an answer.
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