New tool concept

[bikermutt07]

7 minutes ago, electrathon said:

 

A lot of people do this and the trick is to mail yourself a letter that is not sealed.  Do it every so often and then when you need to show that you had the idea three years ago you pull out the envelope with the needed date, put in a backdated letter and seal it shut.  That way you can go to a lawyer and open it in from of them, it will prove that you had the idea years earlier (I have been told that this is why a sealed letter is not accepted as legal proof).  Keep in mind, a patent is very expensive.  $15,000 if all is easy, up to lots if it gets complicated.

Now I'm confused..... Wouldn't a sealed letter be the perfect proof?

[chrstn53]

27 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said:

Now I'm confused..... Wouldn't a sealed letter be the perfect proof?

A sealed letter mailed to yourself might hold up for something in small claims court, but I could not see it holding up in any higher court unless the other guy has very poor representation. I could see it working if all possible openings are sealed with security coded evidence tape and notarized by an actual official at the court house. Even if you do all of this and someone steals your idea and patents it, you would still have a hard time proving the other party stole it.

[Art]

A letter and drawings etcetera, time and date stamped in your lawyers files might be a little better, but if someone applies for a patent for the same thing, the patent will win.  There are many stories of he who got to the patent office first, e.g. Elisha Gray vs. Alexander Bell.

Art

[electrathon]

1 hour ago, bikermutt07 said:

Now I'm confused..... Wouldn't a sealed letter be the perfect proof?

Not at all.  Zero proof.

You mail the letter unsealed, that gets a date stamp on it. Then three years later you add the contents. You now have proof that you had the idea years earlier.  

[Chain]

It's not worth the price of the stamp

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2006/08/25/the-myth-of-poor-mans-copyright/

[joker]

The item I have came up with would help many in the leather business. Not really looking to get rich, just be able to hang up my welding helmet and start doing leather full time.

[RockyAussie]

In what area of leather work does this tool help with? Is it a hand tool or a machine or marketing?

[joker]

It's a tool for letter stamps

[Studio-N]

I think I know what it is. I just laid out a drawing to machine one to donate to my local maker space. I'm sure I saw a picture on another forum or ebay so the cat may be out of the bag. you certainly would need one for each letter set. best of luck.

[joker]

I've never seen one before. Post the link or a pic.