Comment on Peter Shankman / HARO Just Sent Me a Cease-and-Desist Letter. What Now?Comments−jrockway16yHow can you steal someone's ideas? If something is not copyrighted or trademarked or covered by a private contract, you didn't steal anything. (Right?)−shpxnvz16ySo far as I know ideas can't be stolen. Nor can they be protected as intellectual property in the U.S., according to the USPTO:"A patent cannot be obtained upon a mere idea or suggestion."
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How can you steal someone's ideas? If something is not copyrighted or trademarked or covered by a private contract, you didn't steal anything. (Right?)
So far as I know ideas can't be stolen. Nor can they be protected as intellectual property in the U.S., according to the USPTO:
"A patent cannot be obtained upon a mere idea or suggestion."