The smartest thing you can do, if you feel you have the know-how, is probably to make minimum viable product yourself. Perhaps by finding a second person that can do the things you're not good at.I can hire someone or a studio to write this for me, ok.
You shouldn't worry too much about it. Most likely they've many times had meetings with people who believe their idea is groundbreaking and will make so much money!!!1!! In reality most projects fail. (Not saying yours will, but I'm also not saying it will succeed.) So while they may act enthusiastic for your idea, they are much more interested in sending you big invoices than steal your idea and build it themselves.Just how do I make sure that this studio doesn't f#*! me up after presenting what I need to be included in the software?
Yep, and that's a pretty central point to your argument. So one shouldn't feel overly protected by whatever document is signed, unless one have the resources, and willingness, to defend it.You should have the money and the power to enforce it in a court, even for a long period of time.
Yes, I know, 100% truth.A secret is a secret as long as you keep it for yourself.
Once you tell it just to a second person it becomes confidential (or highly confidential) stuff. It's no longer a secret.
That's what I teached to my son when he was three or four years old.
On the other hand, having a great idea and keeping it closed in a drawer (or your mind) for the fear of it being stolen it's like not having it at all.
So, the problem of how much to trust others could be more difficult than it appears at first.
Unfortunately, often a document is just a piece of paper. You should have the money and the power to enforce it in a court, even for a long period of time.
Anyway, it's better to have something written down rather than having just your word.
My question is slightly different.
At a minimum: Patent and trademark. Copyright is a different thing but it can help in certain situations.How can I secure my claims when it comes to an app idea?
You're WAY ahead of yourself. Unless you have an existing, sought-after, and highly profitable "idea" already in the marketplace, you have absolutely NO leverage to even think about such a thing.Let's say I would give the idea and receive 30% of the profit, or £1 million (+tax) for relinquishing the rights to the profits, unless, the app would be resold to e.g. FB, then again 30% of the profit from the sale should be given to me.
That's correct. Unless you have the things I said above.If I tell some software studio about my idea, there is nothing to stop them from creating this or similar application.
I'll stop you right there. What are your estimates based on? If you want anyone to take you seriously, you better be able to back up that claim. Otherwise, you'll be wasting their time.I estimate that my app should
Any ideas on how to protect yourself? Patents go on forever, and I don't even have any idea if it's possible to patent an app.
Kind regards
You can't protect your idea. Also: Ideas are almost worthless, execution is much more important
In the UK ideas cannot be copyrighted only their implementation. This may be different in other countries.I don't agree with this statement.
Ideas CAN be copyrighted and thus protected. Even giants like Samsung or Apple file copyrights on ideas before implementing them just in case some leak happens to happen, and some other major player uses it.
I would see copyright as the primary protection system for ideas. Just be sure to fully and comprehensively expose your idea.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?