Have you ever had a great invention that you came up with stolen by another person or company?

Posted by admin on March 9th, 2010 and filed under neighborhood grill | 4 Comments »

Just curious what you might have come up with and thought to yourself "WOW" what an original idea. Then have it show up on the television or hear it on the news or something.

A couple of years ago I was sitting at a neighborhood grill and bar with a buddy tossing back a couple of pops and I started talking about an airline by Hooters. It wasnt more than just a few short months after I said that in public the "Hooters Airline" was born. I could not believe it. My buddy even called me to tell me they ripped my idea. Anything like this happen to you?

Yeah, it was a toy idea. I was very young at the time (about 8), and wrote to a certain toy company about it. They sent me a nice little letter back saying that they couldn’t accept ideas from outside people bla bla bla. About a year later, they came out with what I had suggested.

4 Responses

  1. yezert Says:

    never
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  2. Speedy Says:

    Yeah, it was a toy idea. I was very young at the time (about 8), and wrote to a certain toy company about it. They sent me a nice little letter back saying that they couldn’t accept ideas from outside people bla bla bla. About a year later, they came out with what I had suggested.
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  3. st.uncumber Says:

    Have had writings and other intellectual properties stolen.
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  4. WalksInTwilight Says:

    no, I guard my ideas with my life. I write them down, them I put them in a secret hidding place, that no one could ever figure out.
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