Information and steps to patent or copywrite a teaching method using a simple item/tool, please.
I’ve developed a method and technique using a simple and versatile item/tool in aqua fitness classes that can also be used with land based classes. It adds resistance, muscle strength and endurance, core work, coordination, more range of motion, flexibility, and fun to classes.
I want to share my technique, skills, ideas and safe use pointers with others while having ownership, so to speak, to the method and ideas for it.
Thank you for any help you can offer. Charlie
Hello CHERYL PETRACEK HARRE,
Nancy gets you going with great ideas and the link. I would take the idea/product to a lawyer for their input to see if it is worth the trouble in the first place. Then start using the tool with times and dates documented to prove you started the idea.
Thank you,
Natalie aka NAPS 2 B Fit.
Did you see this thread on similar topic?
http://www.ideafit.com/answers/i-think-i-have-a-class-format-worth-paten…
Especially since the item you’re using is already on the market, don’t tell anyone what it is unless you have a non-compete agreement from them.
One company I used to work for brought a product to market, and the initial investment was over $100,000, but that was more of an apparatus not already available in the market, that had to be engineered, tested, and manufactured. Since your object is more readily available, I’m guessing it would be much cheaper. For example, small soft balls were already in the market when Leslee Bender introduced the Bender Ball. She just bought pretty green ones, put her logo on them, and developed great programming around it. Maybe you’re more likely to be successful in something like that. Get a custom color and perhaps a logo on your item, then really put your effort on programming, videos, CECs.
Thank you, Nancy. Good questions to consider. The product is already available, but it is not a fitness product. It is a more common everyday product. I’m considering specifying the measurements and such, with possibly a logo printed on it, but not a necessity. It would just make it easy to get ahold of the type I like best.
There are does and don’t that I would like to recommend and share with those interested in order to provide the best all around workout and prevent possible stress. I’d love to give workshops.
So, I’m not sure if I would want to trademark it or patent it.
Thank you for any more ideas and help you could offer about this.
Cheryl