I need your expertise! A friend has a design idea for a piece of jewelry. How do we go about trademarking & getting it made?

[DB in NJ]

He has what I think is a brilliant idea. It's the type of thing that would be sold by CBD or in Christian Book Stores. We have no clue where to even begin. Please help point us in the right direction!

 

THANK YOU!!!

[celticmom]

:lurk5: I don't know but now that you have asked I am curious.

[goldberry]

I'll tell you why this is interesting to me: Did anyone see the article about the 13 y/o who is having her flip flops marketed at Nordstroms? She "invented" the "fish-flops" idea, flip flops with fish on them. It's always amazing to read stories like that, but they never tell HOW it really happened. Apparently this girl was selling her flip flops prior to be discovered by Nordstroms. Well, how? It wasn't regular flips that she was converting, these were clearly being MADE somewhere.

 

I love to see people being successful, but always wonder how does that actually happen? When people have a great idea, but it's not something you can manufacture yourself, what do they do?

[DB in NJ]

Exactly!! How does a person go about the manufacturing part of the idea? I honestly have no clue where to start. I think my friend's idea is really good, and I think he can do well with it if we can ever figure out how to get it done.

[MSNative]

We looked at getting an idea manufactured. Our product was going to be made out of recycled plastic. We looked online to find a local business that made products out of that material. Then I emailed and asked some basic questions. They were very helpful and def. interested in helping us. Could your friend go that route? Alternatively, could you ask a local jeweler?