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Re:Ask HN: I've invented / patented something powerful. Now ... by ipoverip on Thursday August 18, 2016 @12:12PM (#12313707)
My patent lawyer told me to, but generally no. If I know the person ahead of time I just ask them to keep it to themselves. Plus I know VCs wont sign NDAs, but I would get someone to agree verbally to keep it to themselves.
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Re:Ask HN: I've invented / patented something powerful. Now ... by bind on Thursday August 18, 2016 @01:25PM (#12314512)
Wouldn't it be better strategy to be as public as possible with this? To start a competitive situation where prospective acquirers would want to get to the tech first before their competitors?

Like Oculus did and got bought by FB.

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Re:Ask HN: I've invented / patented something powerful. Now ... by convivialdingo on Thursday August 18, 2016 @02:23PM (#12315071)
Second this. Spend some time getting a quality demo up and running, hire a designer to help if needed.

Companies aren't interested in ideas, they want something they can drop in or can see using in 6 months.

* I have over a dozen patents. Learned this the hard way.

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Re:Ask HN: I've invented / patented something powerful. Now ... by jacques_chester on Thursday August 18, 2016 @05:01PM (#12316287)
> My patent lawyer told me to, but generally no

I am not a lawyer, but in my understanding, once you file, you have a priority date.

I hold an Australian patent with a US one pending. Both trace their priority back to 2012, when I made an initial filing through WIPO.

For each national patent granted, my patent coverage is backdated to 2012.

Either your idea is patentable, in which case, you might as well brag. Or it's not, in which case, you might as well pretend to brag.

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Re:Ask HN: I've invented / patented something powerful. Now ... by replies_to_all on Thursday August 18, 2016 @08:40PM (#12317271)
OP sounds confused. Anyone should know that once you file your safe to discuss, so what kind of lawyer would make that mistake?
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