patent first, ask questions later.
on december 17th, 2006, I made gingerbread fetuses for a holiday party. and I thought, I should make a fetus-shaped cookie cutter because 1. it’s pure hilarity and 2. well, it would be easier than cutting them by hand.
and I *knew*, I just KNEW that it was a good idea. but I did nothing. NOTHING. and then today, almost 2 years later, helen-dearling forwarded me the following:
*weeping*
There are 2 lessons to learn from this:
- if you have an idea and there is even the smallest inkling in your mind that it might be marketable*, PATENT/COPYRIGHT/TRADEMARK/REGISTER IT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE because.
- people will buy ANYTHING.
* first thing tomorrow I will be patenting my idea for tissues that conveniently wrap around your arms (”Sneeves”).
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laughing, dying out loud. i remember when you made that fetus cookie. i brought you into this world, cookie, and i can make you go back. i miss you dear. if only i didn’t have so much work to do tonight, i would bake simultaneous fetus cookies with you on opposite ends of hte country.
…I had a simyulah sich-u-ayshun not too long ago mahself. The year was 2001 and, due to a few unfortunate events occurring in the northeastern pimpesphere of Hoe-merica, the world of ‘mackin-for-money’ or more commonly known as prostehtooshun was completely turned upside-downwards. As you can imaginate, budget cuts of the ‘tricking’ nature forced a lot of pimps to downsize, leaving many a hoe unemployed and without benefits. Blue Chip Courtesan establishments like mahself naturally seized the opportunity to expand, but with expansion comes responsuhbilitee and it became clear that one man would not be enuff, even if he was half-pimp/half-legend. Thusly, acknowledgin the need for micro-mack-agement innovashun, I invented the ’self-slap starter kit’ which includes a mock-human hand attached to an elastic band that ties around the neck and simply requires a quick jerk of the head for fronthand OR backhand action- this way, a strumpet can apply a self-slap for those “This heifer done lost her mind…” moments that you just can’t get to. I later created the ’self-slap 2.0′ which featured baby powder and interchangeable pinky ring upgrades. Don’t you know that connivin’ son of a broke harlot who calls himself ‘Sir-Mack-a-Lot’ thiefed my idea, put it on G-bay (thats the exclusive ecommerce site for pimpin’ professionals), made a killin’ and is now retired to one bottom-b and residuals! You gotta be careful is all i’m sayin here, you just gotta be careful!!!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_7&listing_id=16630546
these comments are why I do this blog.
You better get cracking on those Sneeves, there is a related product already out there.
http://germywormy.com/index.html
@carrie – HOLY MOTHER OF SNOT, YET ANOTHER IDEA STOLEN.
Meredith – sorry I snaked ya on the Sneeves idea. Love the name though.
Margaret Back, inventor of Germy Wormy Disposable Sleeves for children 2 – 7.
http://www.germywormy.com
hello margaret! no no no, you win because I fail at the follow through… awesome product indeed :)