http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/business/15digi.html
After reading that, I was wondering, an idea like that, couldn't I have filed a patent myself, paid $8000, and had that patent to myself? Then these companies would have to buy the patent from me or pay me to use it?
I was just curious, what would have been the barriers making it unlikely for me to have done that?
thanks
After reading that, I was wondering, an idea like that, couldn't I have filed a patent myself, paid $8000, and had that patent to myself? Then these companies would have to buy the patent from me or pay me to use it?
I was just curious, what would have been the barriers making it unlikely for me to have done that?
thanks