Quote from: RE on May 07, 2025, 10:20 AM

Quote from: TDoS on May 07, 2025, 05:21 AMOh please. Anyone here can hire a lawyer

Nonsense.  Any idea how much it costs to get a patent nowadays, particularly with code?

Not me. But we were discussing lawyers. If a lawyer wants to know something about code, they hire someone who knows code. Those of us who testify as experts in a subject, or are hired by lawyers to explain to them what they need to know as experts, are well aware of this.

The statement stands. Wheel on down the street to where Anchorage lawyers reside, wave some money at them, and you too can hire a lawyer. If you want to sue in a specific arena, like the quality of your elder-care, they might want to go get themselves a consult with an expert in it.

Quote from: REThen to protect it?  You would burn your whole $34K just on legal fees.  If you tried to start something like PayPal without the right connections, you's be jumped on the idea by people with more money so fast the  draft would suck you into the quantum realm.  Same is true of many startups you never heard of because Bill Gates heard about it and locked it up before they could get rolling.

Good thing Elon apparently hired the right lawyers, or didn't hire any, and was smart enough to dodge these pitfalls, which you seem to characterize as givens.

How much $$ do you have to hire lawyers and their experts for your patent search on childrens toys? Or defend the idea later when someone tries to snake it out from under you? You seemed to think it wouldn't be an issue...but when someone else has already done it, with a measly $32G's, you act like it can't be done.

So which is it? Do you have gazillions to hire lawyers and pay patent experts as you describe, or $32G's stashed away to make it work like Elon did?