Hi guys,
I know I haven't spent much time on here recently. But this is the only place I can think of to speak to people who might have been in a similar situation in the past?. I've been quite disappointed on something in the past few days. I'll get to what it is in a bit, but I wonder if anybody out has been in a similar situation like I do and what did you do or what can I do in situation like these?
Its my desire ever since I was at the university to have my own start-up and im constantly thinking about new idea. And very recently I noticed a problem and I came up with a solution to it and had been working on it for couple of months until last night when I found out that there's already patent which had been raised against this idea. This was a big disappointment and I felt like I had no where to go but the dead end.
Is this really a dead end? The patent was granted in US and Europe I saw the idea has been talked about and there was link in Europe patent website when I looked into it (but not sure if its been granted). But nowhere I see the idea has been but in places or being sold. Altho there's a patent against its but never been used.
Or is it worth trying to twist the idea which is already out there to slightly change and patent it? Is that an option? I don't know.
Im really not sure what to do. Any guidance or suggestions and advice would be much help.
Cheers!