# Selling and or patenting an idea?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 2, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-and-or-patenting-an-idea/21032 "2006-12-02T13:49:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![dozr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dozr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dozr)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/selling-and-or-patenting-an-idea/21032/6 "2006-12-06T12:23:17Z")

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Patents arent worth it in 9 out of 10 situations for products, especially products that will be easily reproduced in countries without patent laws, or regularly do not enforce them.

a patent will cost you upwards of 25-30 thousand dollars.

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