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Patenting your invention.
What can an invention do for you?
What can a patent do for you?
How to apply for a patent?
So you have the best kept secret in the world and you will become a famous inventor like Nikolai Tesla or others. Remember however that Tesla's inventions were caught up in controversy. Today people recognize Tesla's unique contributions and innovations to science but the man died in poverty while others, who were perhaps more brilliant in commerce than good old Tesla made certain that the world continued to believe a truth that would allow the money to flow into the pockets of those who controlled the invention.
Protecting your invention by obtaining patents or copyrights or trademarks early on in the process of releasing your invention or novel idea onto the mass market is sensible and prevents others from stealing what is truly yours.
Another case of patent that was highly publicized involved the simple automated wiper.
Read about some of histories most famous patent suits here.
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