Protecting your ideas
Say you've come up with a stellar concept for a whole slew of ads for a large company. And you make an appointment with them and present everything as a pitch properly on boards. How would you protect yourself from this company if they simply decided to steal your ideas instead of recompensing you for your time and efforts?
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Interesting question
I heard that you should put all the graphics into an envelope and put it safe with a lawyer before going to the presentation. If the company steals your idea you can safely prove that you had these ideas first and they stole it from you. If they don't have an envelope with the ideas predating yours they are screwed.
Never tried it myself...
Exactly. You can also put
Exactly. You can also put them in a sealed envelope and mail it to yourself by registered mail (that's not as expensive as a lawyer).
Another thing would be a simple preliminary agreement stating that they can't use your intellectual property without involving you in one way or another.
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Is this an example of
Is this an example of Speculative work? I mean, you have the ideas and graphics worked out for them first and then you make a pitch and hope that they'll get you. I've had a couple of this kind of experience in the past.
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Right. I thought it was a
Right. I thought it was a glitch. I got it too.
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I really don't know what you
I really don't know what you guys are running into. I just posed a question. Maybe it's a browser issue?...
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3dogmama
He's not talking to you.
He's not talking to you. It's just the forum has an ad that comes up every once and awhile that takes you to another site.
Thanks for the insight. What
Thanks for the insight. What a pain in the ass.
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3dogmama
Usually a Non Disclosure
Usually a Non Disclosure agreement would be signed before showing proprietary materials as in your example. Otherwise you're just giving it away and will have to fight a company with much more resources to fight off your lawsuit if the ideas are good enough to steal. Happens all the time.
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