Let’s say you’ve thought of something that would generate a fortune. Maybe it is already being done, or being done poorly. Maybe it is an idea that is already protected by corporations with huge law budgets, patents, trademarks, and the works.

Is googling it going to potentially give-a-way the idea to secret snoops who work at google who are searching for really interesting search terms.

Sure, the amount of traffic that they get would make it difficult to sort that, but maybe they have AI working on farming these searches into little piles that then get human review. Like, let’s say they want everything that involves electric vehicles and robots. They can just group those all into a bundle, and see which ones have never been searched or don’t exactly match with common themes.

Just an example.

Personally, I think the only time to share your idea is after your issued your provisional patent. Or, maybe even have manufacturing contracts for a product lined up. But, maybe some heartache could be avoided if it were safe to just google what’s out there. Thoughts?

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