My biz partner and I found the perfect product for value skewing.. Its a fantastic idea, but the design has flaws, and the creator has done 0 marketing.. We were in the middle of designing and 3D printing our concept (Engineers by trade) and, working on some promo material to start going "Door...

I have a patent related question. Our patent was granted for issuance but now my patent attorney is asking if I want to go forward with a second “continuation” patent. I’m curious to hear from anyone with experience and see if it really makes sense to go after a second patent. For background...

Hi fastlaners. I have a product in mind, it doesn't fill a "need" but I think it warrants a pretty good "want". I am looking into getting a prototype made but before spending all that money I need some soft proof that there actually will be demand for it. However, I can see that as soon as I...

Hey all, I recently started a new ecommerce business venture. When I moved to a new house and installed by weight room in the basement. I realized the I-joist ceiling was the perfect place to hang pullup bars & monkey bars. I came up with a design that allowed me to create a pull up bar...

Hello all, This is my first post. Just want to say MJ has opened my mind so much. I have been so unhappy in every job I ever had. Even when I was making $2k to $3k a week, and I realized it's because I have never been free the way I want to. I'm sick and tired of being a time prostitute. I'm...

Was hoping to get your input on this. I stumbled upon an invention that is produced overseas (Asia). Its design is simple, but it is unique and therefore patentable (is that even a word lol?). The thing is I am not the inventor. I checked and it doesn't seem to be patented in the US or Canada...

Hi everyone. I wanted to talk about how would you go about developing, testing, iterating on a product and then taking it through the production steps. I know this is the most general question you could ask, so I'll try to make it a bit more specific. The product needs financing, either on my...

Long story short a utility patent already exists for the idea I have. The patent is pretty in depth about what’s covered, including manufacturing techniques, design, etc. My product wouldn’t be identical of course as I’ve got some ideas for a different design, but some of the main selling...

Hi Everyone! I read TMF almost a year ago and it kick started me into developing a small product for a mobile device (i.e. cell phone) stand and cord holder. My design philosophy was simple: 1) Research a similar, high volume selling product online and in box stores (Amazon, Home Depot...

Just curious - if 2 similar software applications exists and the one creating the application 'later' files the patent and approved and first guy does not. In any dispute who wins?

Hi there, I'm looking to manufacture and release my first product on Amazon, and had a question regarding the legality of things. Essentially I plan to improve an existing product using one of 3M's industrial tapes to give it a stronger hold, and sell that improved product on Amazon. Now by...

Hey Everyone, I hope you've all had a great start to 2018 and are killing your goals as we move forward in this new year. I was wondering where you think certain legalities fall in the execution process. The two ones I'm most concerned with initially are incorporation and a trademark for my...

Hey all, I found out about MJ Demarco through another fellow eCommerce seller and it was the best decision of the year. I've gone through TMF twice now and recommend it to ANYONE who asks me about entrepreneurship and gone through Unscripted once and listening to it again now My name is Argin...

Hello Please share your advice. I am an independent inventor with an issued patent. I have an informative website including a contact page. While viewing site Analytics I can only see Internet provider information with the exception of a few assumed "self served", which brings me to my...

Hi dear fastlaners, I'm an app developer and we have 1 published app that's going thru the normal patent process so i have some experience here. We didn't seek any external funding for this app. However a second app, that's i've been doing R&D for about over a year and drawing out the...