Timeline for Intellectual property protection for a simple web tool
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| Oct 18, 2022 at 13:12 | comment | added | WillO | @ohwilleke: I'm not sure whether it counts as "publicly disclosed". It sits on my web page where in principle anyone could find it, but it is not advertised and it is unlikely that anyone would find it via a search engine. I've shown it to a total of about a dozen people, one of whom is a guy I barely know who apparently showed it to a small number of others at his company and then contacted me. He mentioned in his email that he'd shown it only to the minimal number of others he thought necessary and would not share it any further without my explicit permission. | |
| Oct 18, 2022 at 7:33 | comment | added | Brandin | If the OP agrees accept money for it, would that make it count as a work for hire? | |
| Oct 18, 2022 at 1:34 | comment | added | George White | Issues of course but no data in the question 100% rules out a US patent. Third party’s actions could hypothetically rule out trademarks as well. | |
| Oct 17, 2022 at 23:27 | comment | added | ohwilleke | @GeorgeWhite Except that the OP suggests that it has already been publicly disclosed which certainly limits that, as well as obviousness issues and prior art issues from third parties. | |
| Oct 17, 2022 at 21:17 | comment | added | George White | It would be very very unlikely to be patentable but it is within the realm of possibility. | |
| Oct 17, 2022 at 19:54 | history | answered | ohwilleke | CC BY-SA 4.0 |