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Are you asking everyone to sign an NDA upfront?

My patent lawyer told me to, but generally no. If I know the person ahead of time I just ask them to keep it to themselves. Plus I know VCs wont sign NDAs, but I would get someone to agree verbally to keep it to themselves.

Wouldn't it be better strategy to be as public as possible with this? To start a competitive situation where prospective acquirers would want to get to the tech first before their competitors?

Like Oculus did and got bought by FB.

Second this. Spend some time getting a quality demo up and running, hire a designer to help if needed.

Companies aren't interested in ideas, they want something they can drop in or can see using in 6 months.

* I have over a dozen patents. Learned this the hard way.

> My patent lawyer told me to, but generally no

I am not a lawyer, but in my understanding, once you file, you have a priority date.

I hold an Australian patent with a US one pending. Both trace their priority back to 2012, when I made an initial filing through WIPO.

For each national patent granted, my patent coverage is backdated to 2012.

Either your idea is patentable, in which case, you might as well brag. Or it's not, in which case, you might as well pretend to brag.

OP sounds confused. Anyone should know that once you file your safe to discuss, so what kind of lawyer would make that mistake?

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