Timeline for How to protect my IP
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| Mar 19, 2018 at 21:03 | comment | added | George White | A design patent is a patent and is subject to the same provisions in the patent law requiring novelty and obviousness. It does need to be new and not an obvious. You will not get a design patent on the shape of a coke bottle or a plain cylindrical trash can. | |
| Mar 15, 2018 at 4:02 | comment | added | Dale M♦ | Please don’t ask questions in comments - the question you asked has been answered. If this raises new questions for you then ask a new question. | |
| Mar 15, 2018 at 2:01 | comment | added | jjeiz3 | I guess it'd be an "invention" rather than idea, so could be patented? If for example, it is an app which provides a unique set of functionality (am I able to protect that invention?). | |
| Mar 15, 2018 at 1:49 | history | answered | Dale M♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |