Design patent

halohead4 · 2018-09-24 19:22:32

My friends and I are considering designing a bowl that would display various ratios for milk and cereal. We wondering if a design of that sort would patentable? Cheers, Ruán. Mod Open for discussion, subject to forum rule on legal advice

24-09-2018 07:22PM

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halohead4

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My friends and I are considering designing a bowl that would display various ratios for milk and cereal. We wondering if a design of that sort would patentable?
Cheers,
Ruán.

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#2 25-09-2018 02:18AM

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It might be something that is more copyrightable than patentable.

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#3 25-09-2018 05:40PM

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halohead4 wrote: »

. We wondering if a design of that sort would patentable?
Cheers,
Ruán.

Could be, but you need the advice of a patent lawyer.

Your real problem is that establishing a patent is cheap enough, but enforcing it is very expensive. And clever people can frequently design something similar that your patent doesn't cover but functions similarly.

In a nutshell, unless it will make you mega rich, don't bother

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