Make Up Ideas-How can I determine if my idea has sufficient intellectual property value to be protected?

by kevinkobek

Question by al mond: How can I determine if my idea has sufficient intellectual property value to be protected?
My idea explains an idea of something formed over many Millenium. In its present application it is used erroneously with results that are poor. My idea corrects this wrong conclusion. I don’t wish to use a lawyer to find out.

Best answer:

Answer by me
Copyright basics: You can’t copyright an “idea.”

You might get a big “congratulation” if you prove the other guy was wrong but you can’t copyright it.

Copyright does not protect facts, IDEAS, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed.

http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html#what_protect

Note: if you write a book or essay about the idea, then that book or essay can be copyrighted, even when the “idea” can’t be copyrighted.

Now since you provide not much detail it’s hard to tell if you are simply not using the right words and if you could qualify for some other protection like a patent.

Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright

http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/

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