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huju

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09/09/2013 9:55 pm

Hi so..
I've designed a component to hold together solid finger joint pine panels for a modular furniture piece. I've done furniture sets some for a few for friends, using a component designed on a 3d printer. Then I decided to get the component moulded and that works even better of course. Also I've done some marketing renders and a website.
Recently I got some free advert in a magazine, after which I had my first customer, i.e. A stranger..
Anyway I looked up her web address and she is a mechanical designer who lives in shenzen.
Should I just sell them to her or try and get a patent first? I don't think im silly being paranoid
my website you can see below hopefully. (first post!)
cheers for any advice
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waffle

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09/09/2013 10:05 pm

patent
get the patent
I don't think your paranoia is unjusstified

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Mark

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09/09/2013 10:12 pm

advice.
Consult with a patent attorney.
Best,
Mark

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fastfwd

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10/09/2013 1:26 am

"Should I just sell them to her or try and get a patent first?"
No to both questions.
Mark's advice is excellent, too.

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cubby01

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10/09/2013 5:20 am

It might be pertinent to know...
It might be pertinent to know what part of the world you are in. (**EDIT: Watched the video on your site. I gather you're in Edinburgh then. The Chinese characters an video site threw me off.**) Some patent rights have moved from 'first to invent' to 'first to patent' which is a bit of a shame.
For what it's worth at first glance those clips look pretty familiar ...but I don't make the big bucks a patent attorney does.

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huju

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10/09/2013 10:21 am

Thanks for all the replies....
Thanks for all the replies. As a small time designer its pretty expensive for a patent, I figured just for corporations. There's also this guy from hero design that has a more complex version but using cnc'ed wood parts it looks like. I just saw that when I was thinking to patent it and searching for similar stuff.
I heard about the first to patent change also. I was wanting to do some marketing before spending more cash on it. I also read about patenting in Europe is different in US and Europe and Asia! So I was thinking to just try sell as many as possible before it got copied.
I'm in Shanghai and the woman is an American so I figured she might sell it in US as a hobby kit for designers.
Im open to any more suggestions
Thanks

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bgillettephoto

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13/09/2013 5:03 am

Shenzen? As soon as you send ...
Shenzen? As soon as you send your first shipment to China all orders will cease and you'll find your exact product being sold at below your cost on alibaba.com or ebay.

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