About Patents

A Patent is a legal monopoly giving the owner the right to stop third parties from making, selling, importing or otherwise using an invention without permission.

A patentable invention must be new and have an inventive step at the time of filing a patent application. This means that the principle or idea of the invention must not have been disclosed to the public even by the inventor.

If these conditions are met, and you want to stop others from unauthorised use of your idea, it would be worth considering a patent application.