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Last week I made a post about an idea I wanted to patent. Yesterday and today I am contacted by two new clients who have had the exact same idea and want my help producing a proof of concept. One of them talked about patenting it. I'm going to find out when they had this idea, but if I had to guess, it was probably sometime last week...

Just seems too coincidental. What does it mean?

Last week I made a post about an idea I wanted to patent. Yesterday and today I am contacted by two new clients who have had the exact same idea and want my help producing a proof of concept. One of them talked about patenting it. I'm going to find out when they had this idea, but if I had to guess, it was probably sometime last week... Just seems too coincidental. What does it mean?

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Yes. I read once that several people had simultaneously come up with the idea for the cotton gin. Eli Whitney got the patent. Odd indeed.

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He stole it from some slaves. He even got sued by the slave owner but he had improved it with gears so it was different enough to be his patent.

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Lol. This is a joke, right?

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No, he was touring plantations to see how to improve the whole system and saw some slaves using a rudimentary version, he improved it and patented it, and was sued by the plantation owner.