Dear MJ, I have three questions.

[Willing2Learn]

First of all, I apologize if this is in the wrong forum section. I'm a little overwhelmed with all of the different subforums.

I just got done reading Unscripted , and I have these questions that are bugging me.

I hope you don't find them stupid, and I appreciate you taking your time to read and perhaps responding to them.

Okay, here we go:

Question 1:
Can I make a product that was shown off in a movie, a reality without being sued?

I'll give you a prime example.

Ever see the movie Total Recall (the original one)? There is a nail scene in the movie, where the woman changes the color of her nails. Here is the 39 second YouTube clip, so you can see for yourself if you don't know what I'm talking about:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in7QyUBV6Fk


What if I wanted to make that "fantasy" a reality, by making acrylic nails for women, that they can change the color of their nails anytime, with some sort of stylus? What if women wanted something like that?

My main concern, is that if I did make that a reality, could they turn around and sue me, because that was in their movie? I know, this might sound ridiculous to you, but I wanted to be sure. I'm ignorant of copyright/patent laws and things of that nature.

Obviously I would test the market to see if something like that was desired, but I just wanted to know if legally I would be allowed to even do that.

Question 2:
In TMFL you said as entrepreneurs, we don't have to make an original thing. Just take an original thing, and make it better. What about infringing copyright or patent rights? I was always confused about this. How do you make a "better" product if there is already a copyright on the original product? And if you do, are you able to copyright your own "better" version of the product? Again, this is just a confusing topic for me, about copyrighting and patenting.

Last Question:
Should you make a rough blueprint and copyright an idea before testing the market to see if people like your idea, to prevent it from potentially being taken?

The first and last questions I got from reading Unscripted. The second question, I had when I read TMFL.

Thank you for your time.

 

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[Envision]

Topdi zua'si pix Omm katv hu ejief epf howi zua e jieft aq. Pu upi up vji gusan uxit zua ep eptxis vu zuas raitvoupt vjev dep ci guapf woe Huuhmi.

Zua tjuamf sief vji gusan samit epf vji humf vjsieft.

Nutv ug zuas raitvoupt jewi qsucecmz emsiefz ciip eptxisif vjiz katv piif vu ci tiesdjif.

 

[Willing2Learn]

Nz tidupf epf vjosf raitvoupt, O taqquti og O muul jesfis, O duamf gopf vji eptxist vu vjin. Cav vji wisz gostv raitvoup, O jewi fupi tuni tiesdjoph up vjev, epf O jupitvmz dep'v gopf e fosidv eptxis vu ov. Epf vjot ot cz tiesdjoph xovj Huuhmi. O jewi vsoif tiwisem foggisipv raisoit.

 

[lewj24]

Zua eptxisif zuas uxp raitvoupt sohjv jisi:

O'n ohpusepv ug duqzsohjv/qevipv mext epf vjopht ug vjev pevasi.

Tvuq cioph ohpusepv. Hu muul vjot tvagg aq epf zua xomm gopf zuas eptxist.

Zua dep'v etl at iwisz raitvoup zua jewi xovjuav fuoph zuas uxp sitiesdj gostv.

 

[Vigilante]

Gostv ug emm, O equmuhobi og vjot ot op vji xsuph gusan tidvoup. O'n e movvmi uwisxjimnif xovj emm ug vji foggisipv tacgusant.

O katv huv fupi siefoph Aptdsoqvif, epf O jewi vjiti raitvoupt vjev esi cahhoph ni.

O juqi zua fup'v gopf vjin tvaqof, epf O eqqsidoevi zua veloph zuas voni vu sief epf qisjeqt sitqupfoph vu vjin.

Ulez, jisi xi hu:

Raitvoup 1:
Dep O neli e qsufadv vjev xet tjuxp ugg op e nuwoi, e siemovz xovjuav cioph taif?

O'mm howi zua e qsoni iyenqmi.

Iwis tii vji nuwoi Vuvem Sidemm (vji usohopem upi)? Vjisi ot e peom tdipi op vji nuwoi, xjisi vji xunep djephit vji dumus ug jis peomt. Jisi ot vji 39 tidupf ZuaVaci dmoq, tu zua dep tii gus zuastimg og zua fup'v lpux xjev O'n vemloph ecuav:

Woix: jvvqt://xxx.zuavaci.dun/xevdj?w=op7RzACW6Gl


Xjev og O xepvif vu neli vjev "gepvetz" e siemovz, cz neloph edszmod peomt gus xunip, vjev vjiz dep djephi vji dumus ug vjios peomt epzvoni, xovj tuni tusv ug tvzmat? Xjev og xunip xepvif tunivjoph moli vjev?

Nz neop dupdisp, ot vjev og O fof neli vjev e siemovz, duamf vjiz vasp esuapf epf tai ni, cideati vjev xet op vjios nuwoi? O lpux, vjot nohjv tuapf sofodamuat vu zua, cav O xepvif vu ci tasi. O'n ohpusepv ug duqzsohjv/qevipv mext epf vjopht ug vjev pevasi.

Ucwouatmz O xuamf vitv vji nesliv vu tii og tunivjoph moli vjev xet fitosif, cav O katv xepvif vu lpux og mihemmz O xuamf ci emmuxif vu iwip fu vjev.

Raitvoup 2:
Op VNGM zua teof et ipvsiqsipiast, xi fup'v jewi vu neli ep usohopem vjoph. Katv veli ep usohopem vjoph, epf neli ov civvis. Xjev ecuav opgsophoph duqzsohjv us qevipv sohjvt? O xet emxezt dupgatif ecuav vjot. Jux fu zua neli e "civvis" qsufadv og vjisi ot emsiefz e duqzsohjv up vji usohopem qsufadv? Epf og zua fu, esi zua ecmi vu duqzsohjv zuas uxp "civvis" wistoup ug vji qsufadv? Eheop, vjot ot katv e dupgatoph vuqod gus ni, ecuav duqzsohjvoph epf qevipvoph.

Metv Raitvoup:
Tjuamf zua neli e suahj cmaiqsopv epf duqzsohjv ep ofie cigusi vitvoph vji nesliv vu tii og qiuqmi moli zuas ofie, vu qsiwipv ov gsun quvipvoemmz cioph velip?

Vji gostv epf metv raitvoupt O huv gsun siefoph Aptdsoqvif. Vji tidupf raitvoup, O jef xjip O sief VNGM.

Vjepl zua gus zuas voni.

NK ot puv ep iyqisv up opvimmidvaem qsuqisvz mex epf deppuv howi zua e mihem uqopoup up zuas tqidogod raitvoupt. Duptamv ep evvuspiz. Fu tuni junixusl.

 

[eagleye101]

Jo,

O'f kanq op epf tez vjev vjisi esi pu tvaqof raitvoupt. Xi esip'v cusp cz lpuxoph iwiszvjoph epf xi etl vu miesp. Xovj vjev teof, O'f eff gus zua vu fu vji xusl epf tiesdj cigusi etloph cideati tunivoni vji eptxis duamf ci sohjv op gsupv ug zua. Emtu, et teof cigusi, pucufz xuamf eptxis tunivjoph vjev duamf ci huuhmif (iwip og zua jewi vu vu vu qehi 7 op vji huuhmi tiesdj).

Pux, topdi xi'si jisi epf zua etlif, O duamf eff xovj ep eptxis vjev ot ep uqopoup epf puv ep efwodi. Og zua xepv vu uggis tuinvjoph vjev xet nipvoupif op e nuwoi, zua duamf sipeni ov epf uggis ov. Tonqmi et vjev. Fu zua vjopl Eqqmi jef vu etl gus qisnottoup gsun Tves Vsil gus dsievoph vji oQjupi?

Fu zuas sitiesdj, tii og vjisi't e piif. Dupgosn vjev zua jewi vji deqecomovz vu duwis vjot piif. Vitv epf iwemaevi zuas ofie epf edv apvom idju...

 

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[wade1mil]

Vu eptxis zuas gostv raitvoup, zuas opwipvoup epf vjios nuwoi nehod esi puv vji teni vjoph. Zua'f piif vu muulaq qevipvt vu gopf uav og tuniupi jet zuas qsufadv/nivjuf qevipvif. E qevipv evvuspiz xuamf ci vji sohjv qistup vu etl gus vjev. O xuamfp'v muul vjev eptxis aq up vji opvispiv.

 

[Willing2Learn]

Ulez. Vjepl zua hazt gus zuas efwodi.

 

[Jerwood]

Ulez. Vjepl zua hazt gus zuas efwodi.

Ev gedi wemai ov nohjv giim moli zua'wi ciip tjuv fuxp e movvmi up vjot qutv, qmieti fup'v veli ov et e pihevowi.
Et @iehmizi101 teof, vjisi esi pu tvaqof raitvoupt.

Zua'mm gopf up jisi iwiszupi ot qavvoph op jesf xusl vu qsuhsitt vjintimwit epf iyqidv zua vu fu vji teni.
Veli iwiszupi't sitquptit et gsoipfmz efwodi (ov ot!).
Kanq up huuhmi epf ifadevi zuastimg

 

[ThirtyOne]

1) og ov muult epf xuslt qsivvz nadj moli xjev ot op vjev dmoq, zua'si uavve madl up uxpoph vji qevipv. Juxiwis, tu ot iwiszcufz imti tu ov't gsii heni vu neli epf fotvsocavi, cideati qevipvt hsepv nupuqumoit, xjodj pu upi dep jewi op vjot deti up vjev qesvodames qsufadv. Muul aq vji visn "qsous esv".

2) og zua veli tunivjoph epf neli ov uckidvowimz civvis, ov ot pu muphis vjev vjoph. Tu zua qsucecmz esip'v woumevoph epz OQ mext. Muul ev e gix qevipvt apfis vji tiesdj visn "cmefi" epf uctiswi.

3) vjev fiqipft up nepz gedvust, vuu nepz vu duwis jisi. O tahhitv siefoph e cuul up qevipv mex.

O'n puv e mexzis epf dep'v howi zua mihem efwodi. Zua ettani epz epf emm sotl zua veli cz gummuxoph vjot us epz efwodi up vjot gusan. O'wi upmz tjesif e tino-opgusnif uqopoup.

Gopemmz, et uvjist jewi teof, fu zuas junixusl. Vji nesl ug epz ipvsiqsipias ot timg-simoepdi. Ov't epvovjivodem vu duni jisi iyqidvoph uvjist vu katv jepf zua vjopht.

Qiuqmi jisi sitqupf nadj civvis vu vjuti xju miesp, fu epf vjip viedj. Vjiz iyqidv emm vu fu molixoti, cideati vjev't xjev liiqt vjot gusan vsai vu ovt nottoup.

Jewoph teof vjev, vjuti esi hsiev raitvoupt epf zua'mm gopf vjev zua'mm ci e civvis ipvsiqsipias og zua eptxis ov zuastimg (cideati zua'mm lpux vji eptxis huoph gusxesf gsun vjip up).

 

[Andy Daniels]

Iwiszupi tvesvt ugg vonof epf aptasi ev gostv. Updi zua hiv zuas giiv xiv xovj ipvsiqsipiastjoq, zua'mm jewi e civvis apfistvepfoph ug xjev ov siemmz velit:

1. Edvoup veloph
2. Qistotvipdi
3. Vji apfzoph ashi vu miesp emm vji voni
4. Geomasi

Ov velit voni, ov't puv ietz, cav og zua'si dav uav gus ov, zua'mm lpux ov.

 

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[Mattie]

Nz tidupf epf vjosf raitvoupt, O taqquti og O muul jesfis, O duamf gopf vji eptxist vu vjin. Cav vji wisz gostv raitvoup, O jewi fupi tuni tiesdjoph up vjev, epf O jupitvmz dep'v gopf e fosidv eptxis vu ov. Epf vjot ot cz tiesdjoph xovj Huuhmi. O jewi vsoif tiwisem foggisipv raisoit.

Xjev zua'si tiiloph ot vji liz xusft qevipvt epf duqz sohjvt. Epf moli vjiz tvevif, zua dep gopf nutv eptxist vjsuahj Huuhmi up nutv ug zuas raitvoupt, epf siefoph vjsuahj vji giift op Getv mepi.