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Many people have great ideas for new products or services but can not afford to market and often seek a larger company to help them achieve it. If your idea is so unusual that it is patentable, before displaying or presenting, you should ensure that the company signs a confidentiality agreement in order to steal the idea if you can sue.
It may sound crazy actually happening to us for fear of rejection that we dare not even suggest that our interlocutor to sign something like that, but there are many people who have already taken their disappointment for not taking good estimates of the case.
I know first hand, a writer friend who willing to make themselves known to the producers of a major television channel in his country did not take care required and the idea became a soap opera that the channel was sold to the world with the behalf of another person.
To avoid this type of intellectual property theft you should look for an experienced attorney in your area to help you write a confidentiality agreement.
Try the agreement is reasonable and that you will hear not refuse to sign it. Try to submit a draft of your idea without any depth, and nothing in the world today or submit prototypes.
A good presentation can make a meeting for more details, if that’s the case, try to develop your idea with all the details and if possible ask for the registration of the same.
That of course is no guarantee that if someone wants to steal your idea can not do it, but that will allow you to have a legal case if they do.
As best you can do before thinking about a trial that consumed money that you probably do not have is trying to make if it were to present such a situation, you have a good chance of winning or at least reach a settlement with the copycats.
Other suggestions in this regard is to be selective with whom he shared his idea and seek further information and references from people you trust when selecting companies to which they will present their idea.
After all that is worth more than the best industrial property attorney.