By the way, the story i told....its a true story, happened to a family member. They sued, and won, but it took 5 years in court. I personally was ripped off, but i was never able to prove it. Patents dont protect you from Billion dollar companies, u have to be able to defend the patent which takes huge resources. I can see why people dont want to invent anymore.
He's right, it happens all the time, but sometimes for reasons you wouldnt think. Eg; Your a buyer for a big retailer(say 10yrs) your fired if you cant bring in the "next big thing" and increase profit margins. Inventor has a meeting with said individual, shows idea, gets ripped off. Ripped off for several different reasons, buyer needs your product, but your price is too high. Buyers response, ripp off, send to China, BANG! instantly doubles margins. Buyer is a hero, keeps his job.
In my opinion is that patents cost too much also. Someone spends a lot of time and money on something they make only have to spend several grands on a patent.
i hope people share the inventing ideas on my website someday as i have !!! thats what my next year focus will be, i want a store that filters out all the crap out there. a store were its just metal and plastic products machine made !!!
HEyy Man I use to think like this but now im ready to start sharing with the world !!! i figure if you keep it a secret it wont grow at the end you need peoples help to push product.
I made a Cool LED WORLD MAP MACHINED OUT OF METAL. and a canadian flag version too. I made it to hang it on my wall to inspire me to create art and to show people how its done. When i make something, i get bored of it and move on to the next idea
Google Boston Dynamics BigDog , it's a pretty funny looking robot that walks really well.. also check out, "Robotic spider developed to explore dangerous areas "
your soo right, i make the coolest items too metal flags anodized trust me there HOTTTTTT but dont show anyone not yet anyway, i am a little scared of people ripping it off , so i have to register patent inteletual property and all that bs waist of time and money...then whos gonna work and make the parts to sell, i figure make a website showcase everyting and write dates and pricing and become the manufacturer and sell, its hard work making these things i dont thing people have time or talent
@JMEMantzel Jamie, I know you dont want to get into a legal battle, but by not doing anything, you are not fighting them. By doing something about it and not just laying back, you are showing them they cant just steal your ideas. Also, consider that just the threat of legal action might not make them stop, but might settle. If you can prove its your design I really think its foolish not to go after them. Its worth it, and you will stick it to them.
The toy will be awesome. The cool thing is you already have a market because I'm sure all your fans of your videos will buy it. The future of your creation looks positive. I hope it all turns out the way you planned dude, good luck.
Sad story! Please help me edit the crap out of the "Hexbug" wikipedia page. Let the truth come out about who was the real inventor of Spider Tank! Go Jamie!!
@louisiukas I'm not one to start fights, but... I'm all for making the truth about things known. ...and i can prove I invented it way before they even claim to have.
Its total crap, and the fact that big businesses go around pulling crap like this all the time makes me vomit a little.
I'm just waiting for them to sue me for making them. That would be the icing on the cake.
I wonder if major companies treat their relationships with Chinese manufacturers like a leaky sieve. Instead of getting one good idea and then resting on their laurels, they instead keep topping up the sieve with new ideas and upgraded models (ie: planned obsolescence, horrible i know).
There's so many leaks that to stay afloat you have to keep feeding the beast new innovations and new releases. The moment you slow it down, someone will get one of their (YOUR!) stolen ideas to market b4 u can
You are awesome and I whole-heartedly agree. The USA used to be known for innovation and invention. Somewhere along the way we lost that, though I still feel that because of many people like you, we still have that innovation. It's just spoiled by the corporate agendas.
this is probably going to sound really amateur... I think having a laser pointer built into the head would be amazing... bi directional. Reason being... Everytime I have owned a laser-pointer (especially the blue ones) I have played with it constantly... maybe it's just me, but anything with a laser= timeless fun (or something like that)
What if the very company that Jamie's working with OWNS the manufacturers of these knock-offs and is simply trying to cash-in on the idea as soon as possible?
jamie: I'm a software developer and I've had source code I've written and donated to the community turn up in abusive non-free software, and its heartbreaking. But never give up inventing stuff. At some point some kids going to open a present and pull out your officially aproved spider-tank and he'll be the happiest kid on the planet, and that makes dealing with the crap all worth while. Stay positive man.
Have you considered some sort of inventor community activism? If this sort of injustice is as prevalent as it sounds, it seems there'd be interest in a group to protect original inventors (heck maybe it already exists). The group could protect the original inventors by promoting consumer awareness (some sort of "The original!" sticker maybe) and potentially through group legal effort.
you should have used your design and sold a children's version. you can perfect it in v2.0 .... on the flip side, you can get an awesome lawyer and sue everyone of these bastards for infringement and get some money back for your idea.
Heads up, this is going to span a few comment blocks cuz I need the space. I've kind of just quietly enjoyed your videos for about a year now, which have been interesting and thought provoking... and sometimes funny too. This is the first one I feel compelled to comment on because I definitely understand the frustration. I think, just for your own inner peace, it's definitely best to let it go, but I want to respectfully suggest that in this case...
although I agree completely with what you're saying about Western culture, the source of the treachery concerning your robot design is almost certainly a Chinese factory. The American patent system certainly isn't perfect, but it's based upon the idea that we have a right to our ideas-- that we have a right to own them and have some measure of control over how they're used. China doesn't recognize that right. They don't have patents, and they don't enforce...
American patents or intellectual property rights. This isn't meant to be an accusation-- it's something China is open about. They think it's wrong for ideas to be kept by the people/companies that come up with them. Since your robot is being manufactured in China, it's much more likely that the idea was stolen by a manufacturer there than by an American company that is subject intellectual property laws (even if those laws aren't perfect).
I've had some personal experience with this myself several years ago when I worked for a wig company. (This post is already running over several comments, so I'll have to save that for in case you're interested in hearing a story about sneaky chinese wig factories. Suffice it to say, while we were diligently sending prototypes back and forth trying to perfect a design, every month some rep from another chinese factory would show up with a shoddy copy of the last prototype we'd sent back...
trying to sell it to us as if they'd come up with it, even before we got the revised version from the factory we were dealing with. We got so disenchanted and disheartened with the process that we finally gave up on the idea of having them made in China after about 9 months of work.) Just visit Chinatown in New York City and walk down Canal Street-- you can't walk ten feet without someone offering to sell you cheap knock-offs of almost every possible product you can think of.
I'm with you on the sense of honor. That would be the only real solution to these things, but unfortunately we can only control our own sense of honor and not that of others. In the meantime, it's still worth respectfully discussing how this stuff happens. So, I thought I needed to shed some light on which culture, in this particular case, is most likely to blame. I don't intend that to be an attack on ANY culture, it's just a matter of one culture not valuing the origination of ideas.
There are many lessons we Americans could stand to learn from the Chinese, but honor in intellectual property issues isn't among them. The only reason I felt compelled to comment is because I'm anxious to see your toy come to fruition and want to encourage you to be watchful... if it's possible to do that without submitting to cynicism.
Amen. I am trying to keep the secrets of my snake robot (snakinator.pivut.com) under the hood, but when you push it out for people to see there is bound to be others that are jealous.
amen. i spent about a year on a tool holder for a metal lathe only to have a co-worker steal it and patent it. you really need to be careful with who you trust.
BUT CAN THEIR ROBOTS STOMP HOUSES AND TAKE OVER CITIES?! NO!!
Seriously though, sucks to hear the copyright thing. But they don't have the same fan base, following and love that you have for your Giant Robot, which I think is waaaaaaay more important (yes, it might not pay the bills, but hopefully you know what I'm getting at).
Hmmm... I might mention that about half an hour ago I designed..... the SPIDER TANK, MARK 6!!!! :-) Tee hee. I got an idea that changes the entire mechanism into something even better.
The one is this video was only the 4th...... and its still way better than anything I've seen out there.
Hmmm.... now I've just got about 5 days to build it... err... early night tonight. :-)
@JMEMantzel Jamie, you're an inspiration. I'm sorry they stole your design, you don't deserve that. I'm excited for yours to come out, I'm definitely going to buy it. Thanks for being so rad!
Really sorry to hear about your troubles. I experience a similar conundrum in music. A friend once told me about his system of dealing with it, he said, "listen, people will constantly rip off you, constantly, the better you get the more you have to expect that, but that doesn't mean you stop. it should force you to keep producing at a prolific rate, because aside from the dishonorables there's a cast of people paying attention and considering a future with you." not creating vs sharing. do both
@penyaface Don't worry. I'll never stop doing my thing, and I'll never stop sharing it either. 'tis a bit annoying, when someone else swipes years of your work, and makes it into crap so they can make money off it but selling kids another piece of junk.
Its kinda like how physicists figured out how to build an Atomic bomb. I bet there was at least one with a tear in his eye when he heard about Hiroshima, or Nagasaki.
Jamie if you could check out nolo seriously if you haven't Nolo and look up the location of the nearest local patent office. They are often found at the main library in a big city. Because you need to do a search of "Prior Art". Good Luck. You are an inspiration. Please dont quit
Jamie You are a really great inspiration! You have a gift that you use all the time and your very good at it, but I think your limiting yourself! Your talent goes well beyond the Inventing mechanisms and buildings. You can beat these crooks at there own game! Like the Razor scooter guys did! I might sound crazy, but think about it, Its problem solving, that's what you do! And Like the Razor guys you could generate the money you need to protect your invention ideas from here on out! Digg!
We need more engineers, inventors and artists running this country rather than lawyers. One thing that would help is a constitutional amendment to limit how long bills are to about 10 pages and make it stick to the subject. Thus more people will actually read the bill and at the same time SAVE A LOT OF MENTAL ENERGY FOR CREATIVE PURSUITS like what you're doing. Also, patent laws as I understand them, are stultifying innovation. They've got to go. Keep doing what you're doing!!
Oh that's sad, fucking thieves. But look, pure idea can't be selled, and only you know how to implement it right. Don't worry, they never will make much money from it.
Jaime , the creative type of people you just described can be found by the hundreds at Burning Man every year ! I have gone there for a few years now and am still blown away by the inventiveness and creativity of the people that go. whether its an art placement , an art camp or an art car vehicle, it's all done not for money but for the sheer pleasure of making other people smile.You should look into it.
Agreed! (the ads for this video were targeted at inventors)
I believe that the creative persons of the world, sculptors, musicians, inventors, all the great artists, and people who care about such quality and achievement should be given whatever resources in order to best fulfill their intellectual, inspirational goals.
Furthermore, all persons who build the world should reap the mutual benefit of all such endeavors.
I completely agree. These ideas of Morality and Ethics need to be emphasized in school systems and business practices. There are many great lawyers and business people that have a good moral grounding, but it feels like they're outnumbered by the scumbags. I really like the way that your cutting against the grain here, and I support you. Oh, and there's plenty of schysters up here in Canada too...the world just doesn't know it yet...
xtakeout1, can you honestly say that you do more for humanity than this guy?
Please say that your a brain surgeon, or fighting in Afghanistan or in Africa feeding the hungry.... And if you are one of the above, WTF are you doing on facebook ?
Sharing and inspiring is a huge contribution and don't mind supporting this guy anyday.
@JMEMantzel, Keep building awesome stuff. Divinci did it, why not you?
Really xtakeout1, really? Donate to a homeless bum? Rather than creativity.. I come from a poor family and I have been homeless, my friend but my mother dug herself out of that hole. Most homeless bums are able bodied and can work but choose not to.. And if it's one thing i support is people who get up and do it themselves. Have you seen Jaime's videos? This dude is inspiring.. More so than you or I will ever be.. He's not some guy who builds robots and lives like a bum.. That's a narrow mind
@JMEMantzel Dude, I'm not trying to put you down, you're just taking it that way. If you really want to set an example, you should stand confidently in the face of your critics, not attack them, oppress their comments and pretend they don't exist. You're best friends in this life aren't gonna be the people that tell you only what you want to hear, it's gonna people who can tell you the truth, even if that offends you.
Been an inventer my entire life. I shelve 90% of the stuff that I invent because I know that it will just be stolen, and I don't know jack about how to protect it (assuming that it is even possible).
It is always gratifying/depressing when I see my inventions on store shelves 10 years later. Gratifying because I know that it worked. Depressing be I'll never see a dime for it.
I have one now that I'm going to try to market, just because I already know what happens if I DON'T try.
@hakachukai So what you're saying is by not showing the world your inventions, you've basically just delayed the advancement of technology by 10 years and prevented yourself from getting any recognition, purely because of the fact that your work might have been used without you getting remunerated?
If I shelf my inventions, I already know that I will get nothing. Atleast if I put them out there, there is a chance that I will get something.
As for the advancement of technology bennefitting the human race... dont' kid yourself. Look at history. Almost all technology ends up being misused or abused generally. Yeah, it makes more things easier/possible. But 90% of the gen pop will take that opportinuty to simply do less :-(
Then before too long marking people will be telling everyone that they can't live without it! Anything to sell someone stuff that they don't need to make a buck (or a million). Then social standards start being set around all of that crap. So now people have to buy all of this crap just to fit in.
So is technology good? Yes, but only if used correctly.
How often is it used correctly? Not nearly as often as it is misused.
@hakachukai I don't know if blaming the entire endless-consumerism-at-any-cost paradigm on the advancement of technology is fair, even without innovation, things get re-hashed and re-labelled and sell just as well.
As I see it, innovation adds to the human knowledge base, which is good. Whether it is used for good or bad is a societal problem, which isn't really in the hands of innovators. You can strive for positive change societally, but not innovating isn't going to make society better
It is not just about consumerisim. It is also about abuse of technology.
For example:
How do you think Jamie would feel if after the Giant Robot Project was finished, he found out 6 months later that terrorists are now making them out of scrap aluminum, and using them with weapons upgrades to rape and pillage helpless villiages.
I've heard that Einstien bitterly regretted helping with the Manhatten project, once he realized what it would be used for.
@hakachukai Woah. Thats in a nutshell exactly what I was just saying to someone. Ya, it sucks when someone takes your idea and uses it to fuel their greed. .....or blow people up. ...or trick a bunch of kids into buying another piece of crap...
@xtakeout, His lifestyle is that of one way below the poverty line, he just makes the most if what little he has to most benefit himself and his family.
Thanks for all the support. It really means a lot to me. Don't worry. I won't ever stop inventing things ...or showing them.
I will however, spread the word any time I see something wrong.
I don't expect or require everyone to agree with me.
...and yes. This sort of garbage doesn't beat me down. ....it makes me more determined. Its sort of like the reaction you get when you poke a sleeping dog with a stick. Go too far, and it'll eat your stick. ...and possibly your hand. :-P
@pdxtone I agree. the internet IS a powerful tool. Its an amazing way to pass information around about sleazy business preactices. I've learned about loads of businesses that I avoid. ....and usually, i first hear about them online.
I hate to say it, man, but strong innovation is only one part of a successful product launch. Engineers rarely understand this. They think that the only important skills are the ones involved in building the product.
But what you are trying to do is get the product from your brain to some kid's hands. You can build the thing -- that's 1/3 of the trip. Operations, logistics, marketing and legal are going to take it the rest of the way. You had better fill out your team if you want to succeed.
@treebear1972 That is not the only way to do things. ...and you can either be part of the solution, or part of the problem. Saying "Thats just the way it is" perpetuates the crappy system.
Excuse me for trying to improve the world, but I will not play their game with their rules.
@JMEMantzel I'm not saying it's the only way to do things -- I'm explaining a common pitfall. It is just as important to know how to implement (i.e. get your product to market) as it is to know how to invent.
If you don't like the way business currently works, do it another way. I am just trying to make you aware that the best engineering is not a clear path to success. Just ask the guys at PARC (who invented the graphical user interface and the mouse, before Steve Jobs stole the idea).
I hope that this doesn't take the wind out of your sails, but instead makes you look forward (even more so) to getting your wonderful awesome product out the door!
It's a shame that stuff like this happens, but you have the drive (and support!) to not be broken down by some lame corporate shmuck. I'll certainly be buying a Jamie Spider Robot (Elite Edition) for my daughter (probably myself) when it hits the stores.
Keep your head up ! You are an inspiration to human life.
hey man, just want to say I support you all the way in this, and I'm so sorry to hear about this bullshit. Anyway, I'd make a donation if I had any money, I will as soon as I can, but I have so much repect for all the things you do and stand for, and I'm sorry to hear about this; but keep up the cool stuff, I love watching your videos!
I have to be honest JME, my beliefs in inventions are exactly the opposite. You should share your inventions, to make the world more awsome. If it werent for patents the would be much more efficiant and safer.
Both realistically and genetically speaking what you want is to be successfull enough so that you have a springboard onto the next big improvment, its good mental training and people who steal never really have this. But you don't 'own' the ideas, their potential alwayse existed.
@Elephantintheroom01 Err..... didn't I say the the patent system sucks? ...and that its main use is to monopolize products? I think you're only listening to the words you want to hear that let you complain to me.
When it comes to what your saying at the end of you video you should see the Venus Project it seems like you would love. (Damn it this is going to seem like spam)
You HAVE to protect your IP if you don't want your idea's stolen, Any further idea's you should hold onto and develop in private, only ever showing trusted friends and family :)
I was concerned when you took your idea's to china... not always the safest place for new IPs.... sadness... :(
I can't wait to see your toys finished though, hopefully everything works out in the end :D Keep up the AWESOME work he he he :D
@hutchings000 Ok... so do I manufacture it myself inside a hidden bunker? ...then market it in a black box that says "really cool toy WOULD be inside this, but... I don't want people stealing it, so.... its empty"
@JMEMantzel Well, you can't help it once your at the marketing stage, the idea is out there at that point. But you can keep it hidden until you hit the marketing and production phase :)
I've seen a few people loose good idea's, toy or game related... its rather heartbreaking, but it happens.
Product of a profit driven system I suppose.... :(
@JMEMantzel No, you get some sort of protection on it before you show to anyone. My father got his product patented for under $3500.00 USD. Now he can show to anyone and carry it to any trade show without having to worry.
@sniggityOK, so maybe i don't have 3500$ lying around. ....and patents don't protect you unless you can defend it. (byt adding a few zeros to that number. ....like 350000$)
A lot of businesses won't even defend a patent. Its so time consuming, and difficult to defend it against anyone with endless money.
Anyway, this video isn't about who can legally get one up on who. Its about personal honor, and how its non existent in our business culture. Perhaps I should have made 2 separate vids
Dont go to China if you dont want your things been copy. That is what they do. When did you see something that was invented in China? They are cheap because they dont need to spend money on development. They know people from all over the world come to them with greate ides. They run over to the factory next door and have it made as there "own" thing for 1/10 of the price.
When your toy comes out and the quality is supremely superior, the makers of the crap walking toys will cower in fear... and if not from that, then when your army of sentient giant walking robots comes after them.
I know how you feel man, i used to be a freelance 3D artist but the amount of times i saw my work with someone else's name on it some were even selling my models as there own, in the end drove me to quit.
Please don't patent your stuff (but keep a record of the invention process). Your video has demonstrated that patents are ineffective for small-time inventors, and it'd be nice to be able to build on top of cool stuff without having to worry about patents.
You're my hero man, seriously I wish I had the inspiration to be an inventor and I WILL buy your toy when it comes out just to support you and everything your project stands for.
Ahhh, Jamie, I'm afraid that you're going to have to give money to a person versed in the arcane art of patent law. Cynically. Your voice shakes when you say that you hope that they didn't rip you off. Hire someone to do the negative thinking for you, it's ok to assert your rights, it's cool to pay for services that you need.
If I were ever to buy a spider robot-thingy, for some strange reason, I would travel the seven seas until I found yours. Or maybe order it online. You have my bow!
Jaimie, you're the shit. Don't let this discourage you, all the people that admire you for what you're doing are on your side. It hurt to see you broken up about this.
i HIGHLY recommend you pitch your toys in person! at a show like toy fair. The toy industry is competitive however they usually do not deal in patents and any noteworthy company does not steal ideas, it's a trust based industry. thats no to say there are not companies that don't scam they are simply not that important (small low quality)
You are a talented designer don't let this hold you back. i have gone to toy fair and pitched before, pm me if you want advice
Disney stole the whole story line and characters for the clown fish movie from a French author who sent it to, guess who? He sent it to Disney and they rejected it and sent it back. Later they made the movie. The French court did not stand up for the guy, either. Disney is very popular in France and there is the theme park, too. The author was basically sacrificed by the court.
If you have imagination to make toys, you need to set up a company. Good luck. You are inspiring.
@Joeey The other way to deal with such bullcrap is for all of us individuals to spread the word when a company is being really really shady. I won't support any company that screws people over like that. The individual consumers are the ones with the real power here.
@Joeey Are you talking about Finding Nemo? Do you have any evidence of this? I've googled and can't find a thing. The Lion King was a ripoff, but I'm not so sure about finding nemo.
..continued. Also if you or a friend has invented something already but you can't think of a way to make money off of it surely there is value and pride in simply showing the world what you've come up with and allowing others to run with the idea and use it in new and unique ways?
I understand the argument that says "If I can't make a living inventing things then I can't spend time inventing" but if you've already have an invention and don't know how to profit why not share it for the world?
@davyjames I do agree with sharing invention just for the sake of it. ..and thats what I do with most things I make. Seriously, though... its frustruating to always be building things with garbage because I can't afford to buy materials. If I got revenue from 1 or 2 inventions, I'd be able to make so many more things.
The problem is suits have no imagination, and few brains. They only hire people with degrees. Degrees whip all creativity out of students. Suits end up with an army of degree holding, unimaginative people, but no creativity in their organizations. The suits refuse to hire the creative inventors because they do not have degrees. The organizations have nothing to sell that is not stolen.
Suit solution. Steal as many ideas from unqualified inventors after refusing to hire them.
Hey man I can feel your frustration and I think it's a shitty move for somebody to steal your exact idea.
That said, I don't think ideas can belong to anybody. Once you've expressed your idea out loud to another person to stop them using that information to create their own things would be to retard their own knowledge. Imagine if Mr. Ball bearing came to you and said "You shouldn't use that. I came up with the idea."
Wann say a bit more so I'll continue in a second...
The guy who invented the intermittent windshield wipers shopped them to the car companies. Who refused to use it and pay him but then stole it. Finally he sued and won.
This is like a woman being raped and not filling charges because she can't face the trial but then the rapist is able to rape other people. When inventors don't sue, it gives the thieves permission to steal more inventions. SUE!!!
So true about the money thing - As an outsider, I'm sure the US would achieve a far mentally healthier population (and generally better-off) if the culture became less obsessed with the idea of money/possessions = success
Jaimie - it certainly sounds like people are/have copied your idea. When you refer to "culture" in a negative manner are you singling out the U.S. culture? It kind of sounds like you are, and wishing we could be more honorably like the Chinese. The Chinese have no respect for intellectual property and they may, in fact be the ones copying your design. I don't want to point fingers either, but it is certainly possible. China is the king of industrial espionage.
One more thing. innovations benefit the whole tribe. and the richest man is the one who gives the most, not the one who can hoard the most from the needy
To many posters, who think they know how the system works. Do allot of research before you spout off advice. I dont understand why, some people think whatever comes off the top of there head is good advice whether or not they know anything about the subject. I'm not going to correct a nuclear scientist cuz i got a gut feeling. I've been asked about a problem, i was trying to figure out, only to receive advice fit for a two year old.
You're like the anti Steve Jobs.
riahmatic 2 weeks ago 2
By the way, the story i told....its a true story, happened to a family member. They sued, and won, but it took 5 years in court. I personally was ripped off, but i was never able to prove it. Patents dont protect you from Billion dollar companies, u have to be able to defend the patent which takes huge resources. I can see why people dont want to invent anymore.
jarridk1 2 weeks ago
He's right, it happens all the time, but sometimes for reasons you wouldnt think. Eg; Your a buyer for a big retailer(say 10yrs) your fired if you cant bring in the "next big thing" and increase profit margins. Inventor has a meeting with said individual, shows idea, gets ripped off. Ripped off for several different reasons, buyer needs your product, but your price is too high. Buyers response, ripp off, send to China, BANG! instantly doubles margins. Buyer is a hero, keeps his job.
jarridk1 2 weeks ago
In my opinion is that patents cost too much also. Someone spends a lot of time and money on something they make only have to spend several grands on a patent.
JammenRocks 1 month ago
engineer and inventers should band together and make there own Inventions with having to go any to company to distributed.
aceone1988 1 month ago
i LAUGHED soooo hard when you said "oh but im canadian!" because i am canadian xD
UrSoMeanBoss 1 month ago
i hope people share the inventing ideas on my website someday as i have !!! thats what my next year focus will be, i want a store that filters out all the crap out there. a store were its just metal and plastic products machine made !!!
Rapidparts 2 months ago
HEyy Man I use to think like this but now im ready to start sharing with the world !!! i figure if you keep it a secret it wont grow at the end you need peoples help to push product.
I made a Cool LED WORLD MAP MACHINED OUT OF METAL. and a canadian flag version too. I made it to hang it on my wall to inspire me to create art and to show people how its done. When i make something, i get bored of it and move on to the next idea
hope you like it.
Rapidparts 2 months ago
Google Boston Dynamics BigDog , it's a pretty funny looking robot that walks really well.. also check out, "Robotic spider developed to explore dangerous areas "
jscotthales 3 months ago
Google Boston Dynamics BigDog , it's a pretty funny looking robot that walks really well..
jscotthales 3 months ago
go to hell hexbug
thoughtsthroughsound 4 months ago
You remind me of the Scientist in Back to the Future, except he was an actor, you are the real living thing.
dinoLomedico 8 months ago
If you make something cool patent it as fast as you can!
vv41zx 8 months ago
your soo right, i make the coolest items too metal flags anodized trust me there HOTTTTTT but dont show anyone not yet anyway, i am a little scared of people ripping it off , so i have to register patent inteletual property and all that bs waist of time and money...then whos gonna work and make the parts to sell, i figure make a website showcase everyting and write dates and pricing and become the manufacturer and sell, its hard work making these things i dont thing people have time or talent
Rapidparts 10 months ago
Jamie have you heard of Jacque Fresco.
unknown77051 10 months ago
I have a unique idea for how inventors can help each other and make money.
willowdeen 11 months ago
@JMEMantzel Jamie, I know you dont want to get into a legal battle, but by not doing anything, you are not fighting them. By doing something about it and not just laying back, you are showing them they cant just steal your ideas. Also, consider that just the threat of legal action might not make them stop, but might settle. If you can prove its your design I really think its foolish not to go after them. Its worth it, and you will stick it to them.
kekejojo1212 1 year ago
The toy will be awesome. The cool thing is you already have a market because I'm sure all your fans of your videos will buy it. The future of your creation looks positive. I hope it all turns out the way you planned dude, good luck.
ScottyTheBullet 1 year ago
Start your own toy company
manrayer88 1 year ago
I just subscribed (:
SantanaEliasJeremy 1 year ago
Sad story! Please help me edit the crap out of the "Hexbug" wikipedia page. Let the truth come out about who was the real inventor of Spider Tank! Go Jamie!!
louisiukas 1 year ago 8
@louisiukas I'm not one to start fights, but... I'm all for making the truth about things known. ...and i can prove I invented it way before they even claim to have.
Its total crap, and the fact that big businesses go around pulling crap like this all the time makes me vomit a little.
I'm just waiting for them to sue me for making them. That would be the icing on the cake.
JMEMantzel 1 year ago 10
@JMEMantzel mmmmmmmmmmm, i like the icing :D
MrPhienox 10 months ago
I am really hoping your toy comes out in a kit form so we can learn as we build it
wisyakman 1 year ago
I wonder if major companies treat their relationships with Chinese manufacturers like a leaky sieve. Instead of getting one good idea and then resting on their laurels, they instead keep topping up the sieve with new ideas and upgraded models (ie: planned obsolescence, horrible i know).
There's so many leaks that to stay afloat you have to keep feeding the beast new innovations and new releases. The moment you slow it down, someone will get one of their (YOUR!) stolen ideas to market b4 u can
roidroid 1 year ago
You are awesome and I whole-heartedly agree. The USA used to be known for innovation and invention. Somewhere along the way we lost that, though I still feel that because of many people like you, we still have that innovation. It's just spoiled by the corporate agendas.
Asytra 1 year ago
You should really form a patent portfolio. /obvious
Also, I will buy your toy, it would be nice if there was a mailing list to keep up with it.
Baryn00 1 year ago
this guy is god, hope it goes good for him..really do
KaradorC 1 year ago
DAMN YOU HEX BUG! DAAAAAAAAMN YOOOOOOUUUUU!
Dylanjraub 1 year ago
this is probably going to sound really amateur... I think having a laser pointer built into the head would be amazing... bi directional. Reason being... Everytime I have owned a laser-pointer (especially the blue ones) I have played with it constantly... maybe it's just me, but anything with a laser= timeless fun (or something like that)
Randallpw 1 year ago
Tin-foil hat time, kiddies:
What if the very company that Jamie's working with OWNS the manufacturers of these knock-offs and is simply trying to cash-in on the idea as soon as possible?
ZeroPointAlpha 1 year ago
jamie: I'm a software developer and I've had source code I've written and donated to the community turn up in abusive non-free software, and its heartbreaking. But never give up inventing stuff. At some point some kids going to open a present and pull out your officially aproved spider-tank and he'll be the happiest kid on the planet, and that makes dealing with the crap all worth while. Stay positive man.
MrShayneOneill 1 year ago
Have you considered some sort of inventor community activism? If this sort of injustice is as prevalent as it sounds, it seems there'd be interest in a group to protect original inventors (heck maybe it already exists). The group could protect the original inventors by promoting consumer awareness (some sort of "The original!" sticker maybe) and potentially through group legal effort.
Ademan 1 year ago
you should have used your design and sold a children's version. you can perfect it in v2.0 .... on the flip side, you can get an awesome lawyer and sue everyone of these bastards for infringement and get some money back for your idea.
YoLninYo 1 year ago
Will buy yours for sure.
PanzerFrog 1 year ago
corporations run america... you are doing the right thing... if less people bought into the corps they would die... starve the beast!
skybirdbird 1 year ago
Good for you, don't show us anything till you get done
questhanna 1 year ago
Heads up, this is going to span a few comment blocks cuz I need the space. I've kind of just quietly enjoyed your videos for about a year now, which have been interesting and thought provoking... and sometimes funny too. This is the first one I feel compelled to comment on because I definitely understand the frustration. I think, just for your own inner peace, it's definitely best to let it go, but I want to respectfully suggest that in this case...
scottcrumpler 1 year ago
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scottcrumpler 1 year ago
although I agree completely with what you're saying about Western culture, the source of the treachery concerning your robot design is almost certainly a Chinese factory. The American patent system certainly isn't perfect, but it's based upon the idea that we have a right to our ideas-- that we have a right to own them and have some measure of control over how they're used. China doesn't recognize that right. They don't have patents, and they don't enforce...
scottcrumpler 1 year ago
American patents or intellectual property rights. This isn't meant to be an accusation-- it's something China is open about. They think it's wrong for ideas to be kept by the people/companies that come up with them. Since your robot is being manufactured in China, it's much more likely that the idea was stolen by a manufacturer there than by an American company that is subject intellectual property laws (even if those laws aren't perfect).
scottcrumpler 1 year ago
I've had some personal experience with this myself several years ago when I worked for a wig company. (This post is already running over several comments, so I'll have to save that for in case you're interested in hearing a story about sneaky chinese wig factories. Suffice it to say, while we were diligently sending prototypes back and forth trying to perfect a design, every month some rep from another chinese factory would show up with a shoddy copy of the last prototype we'd sent back...
scottcrumpler 1 year ago
trying to sell it to us as if they'd come up with it, even before we got the revised version from the factory we were dealing with. We got so disenchanted and disheartened with the process that we finally gave up on the idea of having them made in China after about 9 months of work.) Just visit Chinatown in New York City and walk down Canal Street-- you can't walk ten feet without someone offering to sell you cheap knock-offs of almost every possible product you can think of.
scottcrumpler 1 year ago
I'm with you on the sense of honor. That would be the only real solution to these things, but unfortunately we can only control our own sense of honor and not that of others. In the meantime, it's still worth respectfully discussing how this stuff happens. So, I thought I needed to shed some light on which culture, in this particular case, is most likely to blame. I don't intend that to be an attack on ANY culture, it's just a matter of one culture not valuing the origination of ideas.
scottcrumpler 1 year ago
There are many lessons we Americans could stand to learn from the Chinese, but honor in intellectual property issues isn't among them. The only reason I felt compelled to comment is because I'm anxious to see your toy come to fruition and want to encourage you to be watchful... if it's possible to do that without submitting to cynicism.
All the best,
Scott
scottcrumpler 1 year ago
Amen. I am trying to keep the secrets of my snake robot (snakinator.pivut.com) under the hood, but when you push it out for people to see there is bound to be others that are jealous.
snakinator9000 1 year ago
In a Resource Based Economy, we would have been light years ahead of where we are now.
In monetarist society, innovation is stifled just for the reason you mentioned in your video
Keep inventing!
Odziz 1 year ago
amen. i spent about a year on a tool holder for a metal lathe only to have a co-worker steal it and patent it. you really need to be careful with who you trust.
lambofgod47 1 year ago
i tried to sell my idea to people instead of patents, that way if someone trys to steal it at least you got some money out of the situation
DrGreenfun 1 year ago
BUT CAN THEIR ROBOTS STOMP HOUSES AND TAKE OVER CITIES?! NO!!
Seriously though, sucks to hear the copyright thing. But they don't have the same fan base, following and love that you have for your Giant Robot, which I think is waaaaaaay more important (yes, it might not pay the bills, but hopefully you know what I'm getting at).
dudeglove 1 year ago
We live in a beta world. There are few things introduced to the market that are ready to roll.
patweathers155 1 year ago
Imitation is the Highest Form of Flattery ??
But yeah that sucks in reality, especially as it sounds like they have done a crap job in reverse engineering it!!
Wait for the real deal guys, Jamie deserves the credit not these copycat crooks!!
Leftfield2k7 1 year ago
Hmmm... I might mention that about half an hour ago I designed..... the SPIDER TANK, MARK 6!!!! :-) Tee hee. I got an idea that changes the entire mechanism into something even better.
The one is this video was only the 4th...... and its still way better than anything I've seen out there.
Hmmm.... now I've just got about 5 days to build it... err... early night tonight. :-)
JMEMantzel 1 year ago 6
@JMEMantzel Jamie, you're an inspiration. I'm sorry they stole your design, you don't deserve that. I'm excited for yours to come out, I'm definitely going to buy it. Thanks for being so rad!
MarcBassoFilms 1 year ago
@JMEMantzel Ain't no rest for the wicked.
deathsminion25 1 year ago
Really sorry to hear about your troubles. I experience a similar conundrum in music. A friend once told me about his system of dealing with it, he said, "listen, people will constantly rip off you, constantly, the better you get the more you have to expect that, but that doesn't mean you stop. it should force you to keep producing at a prolific rate, because aside from the dishonorables there's a cast of people paying attention and considering a future with you." not creating vs sharing. do both
penyaface 1 year ago 4
@penyaface Don't worry. I'll never stop doing my thing, and I'll never stop sharing it either. 'tis a bit annoying, when someone else swipes years of your work, and makes it into crap so they can make money off it but selling kids another piece of junk.
Its kinda like how physicists figured out how to build an Atomic bomb. I bet there was at least one with a tear in his eye when he heard about Hiroshima, or Nagasaki.
Who wants to fuel greed....
JMEMantzel 1 year ago 10
i admire business men like you, a true honest human being. you deserve to be VERY successful and i hope you achieve that.
keepinmyhustle 1 year ago
Honor and respect mean very little to a lot of people nowadays.
DominationSupreme 1 year ago
Jamie if you could check out nolo seriously if you haven't Nolo and look up the location of the nearest local patent office. They are often found at the main library in a big city. Because you need to do a search of "Prior Art". Good Luck. You are an inspiration. Please dont quit
bluegreen1138 1 year ago
wow, Reddit blew this video up! Keep at it Jamie!
SyncrisisVideos 1 year ago
true talk, totaly support !
apogeus1 1 year ago
Sorry to hear that man. I wouldn't let it get you down too much. No doubt when your version appears it will be as awesome as we all know it can be...
Totally agree with the 5 minute steals tho - it happens everywhere..
skreemy 1 year ago
I know exactly how you feel.
blackcrow6667 1 year ago
Jamie You are a really great inspiration! You have a gift that you use all the time and your very good at it, but I think your limiting yourself! Your talent goes well beyond the Inventing mechanisms and buildings. You can beat these crooks at there own game! Like the Razor scooter guys did! I might sound crazy, but think about it, Its problem solving, that's what you do! And Like the Razor guys you could generate the money you need to protect your invention ideas from here on out! Digg!
bdrman2004 1 year ago
We need more engineers, inventors and artists running this country rather than lawyers. One thing that would help is a constitutional amendment to limit how long bills are to about 10 pages and make it stick to the subject. Thus more people will actually read the bill and at the same time SAVE A LOT OF MENTAL ENERGY FOR CREATIVE PURSUITS like what you're doing. Also, patent laws as I understand them, are stultifying innovation. They've got to go. Keep doing what you're doing!!
8DoverNJ 1 year ago
Oh that's sad, fucking thieves. But look, pure idea can't be selled, and only you know how to implement it right. Don't worry, they never will make much money from it.
userofthisfuckinsite 1 year ago
Jaime , the creative type of people you just described can be found by the hundreds at Burning Man every year ! I have gone there for a few years now and am still blown away by the inventiveness and creativity of the people that go. whether its an art placement , an art camp or an art car vehicle, it's all done not for money but for the sheer pleasure of making other people smile.You should look into it.
unkloyd 1 year ago
You're my hero, man. If I had money or some skill you could use, you'd be welcome to it.
awsutherland 1 year ago
Agreed! (the ads for this video were targeted at inventors)
I believe that the creative persons of the world, sculptors, musicians, inventors, all the great artists, and people who care about such quality and achievement should be given whatever resources in order to best fulfill their intellectual, inspirational goals.
Furthermore, all persons who build the world should reap the mutual benefit of all such endeavors.
Helioforge 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
8:53 I agree too.
michaelhamaker 1 year ago
6:47 ... EXACTLY. Thank you Jamie.
michaelhamaker 1 year ago
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michaelhamaker 1 year ago
Horrible business people is the crazy, they are all about piling money instead of reducing prices/multiplying access.
Melki 1 year ago
I completely agree. These ideas of Morality and Ethics need to be emphasized in school systems and business practices. There are many great lawyers and business people that have a good moral grounding, but it feels like they're outnumbered by the scumbags. I really like the way that your cutting against the grain here, and I support you. Oh, and there's plenty of schysters up here in Canada too...the world just doesn't know it yet...
LutherRon 1 year ago
6 corporate layers watched this video.
marcoxar 1 year ago
Dude you win
undRoid01 1 year ago
i wish i was a super awesome lawyer so i could help u with your legal issues and sort this crap for free.
jin455 1 year ago
I watched the whole thing
lucas123kowe 1 year ago
Jamie. have you ever looked into 3d printers? They are getting cheaper and work as small fabrication devices.
PotheadPundit 1 year ago
xtakeout1, can you honestly say that you do more for humanity than this guy?
Please say that your a brain surgeon, or fighting in Afghanistan or in Africa feeding the hungry.... And if you are one of the above, WTF are you doing on facebook ?
Sharing and inspiring is a huge contribution and don't mind supporting this guy anyday.
@JMEMantzel, Keep building awesome stuff. Divinci did it, why not you?
sogeth 1 year ago
Calm down when you speak. You speak like you're out of breath, so, calm down.
sniggity 1 year ago
More over, this dude is inspiring. He makes me feel like I haven't done anything with my life.
Well go to our Jobs make money,go to the bar, go home, check facebook, well have a hobby or two and make some half hearted attempt at to that well.
This guy seems to do everything at 100%
sogeth 1 year ago
Really xtakeout1, really? Donate to a homeless bum? Rather than creativity.. I come from a poor family and I have been homeless, my friend but my mother dug herself out of that hole. Most homeless bums are able bodied and can work but choose not to.. And if it's one thing i support is people who get up and do it themselves. Have you seen Jaime's videos? This dude is inspiring.. More so than you or I will ever be.. He's not some guy who builds robots and lives like a bum.. That's a narrow mind
sogeth 1 year ago
And why don't YOU go out and get a bunch of money out of your own inventions???
carlosabundix 1 year ago
@JMEMantzel Dude, I'm not trying to put you down, you're just taking it that way. If you really want to set an example, you should stand confidently in the face of your critics, not attack them, oppress their comments and pretend they don't exist. You're best friends in this life aren't gonna be the people that tell you only what you want to hear, it's gonna people who can tell you the truth, even if that offends you.
xtakeout1 1 year ago
Been an inventer my entire life. I shelve 90% of the stuff that I invent because I know that it will just be stolen, and I don't know jack about how to protect it (assuming that it is even possible).
It is always gratifying/depressing when I see my inventions on store shelves 10 years later. Gratifying because I know that it worked. Depressing be I'll never see a dime for it.
I have one now that I'm going to try to market, just because I already know what happens if I DON'T try.
hakachukai 1 year ago
@hakachukai So what you're saying is by not showing the world your inventions, you've basically just delayed the advancement of technology by 10 years and prevented yourself from getting any recognition, purely because of the fact that your work might have been used without you getting remunerated?
serjndestroy 1 year ago
@serjndestroy
Yes.
Which is why I've decided to change.
If I shelf my inventions, I already know that I will get nothing. Atleast if I put them out there, there is a chance that I will get something.
As for the advancement of technology bennefitting the human race... dont' kid yourself. Look at history. Almost all technology ends up being misused or abused generally. Yeah, it makes more things easier/possible. But 90% of the gen pop will take that opportinuty to simply do less :-(
hakachukai 1 year ago
@serjndestroy
Then before too long marking people will be telling everyone that they can't live without it! Anything to sell someone stuff that they don't need to make a buck (or a million). Then social standards start being set around all of that crap. So now people have to buy all of this crap just to fit in.
So is technology good? Yes, but only if used correctly.
How often is it used correctly? Not nearly as often as it is misused.
hakachukai 1 year ago
@hakachukai I don't know if blaming the entire endless-consumerism-at-any-cost paradigm on the advancement of technology is fair, even without innovation, things get re-hashed and re-labelled and sell just as well.
As I see it, innovation adds to the human knowledge base, which is good. Whether it is used for good or bad is a societal problem, which isn't really in the hands of innovators. You can strive for positive change societally, but not innovating isn't going to make society better
serjndestroy 1 year ago
@serjndestroy
It is not just about consumerisim. It is also about abuse of technology.
For example:
How do you think Jamie would feel if after the Giant Robot Project was finished, he found out 6 months later that terrorists are now making them out of scrap aluminum, and using them with weapons upgrades to rape and pillage helpless villiages.
I've heard that Einstien bitterly regretted helping with the Manhatten project, once he realized what it would be used for.
hakachukai 1 year ago
@hakachukai
Let looks at Tazers for example. Non leathal weapons... it's all good right?
Well now more and more cops are out there shocking the living crap out of people for little to no reason. And some people do die BTW.
These types of devices are often used for torture.
Your right. NOT inventing is not going to stop it from happening.
But it will atleast slowdown the rate at which the horrible things are able to happen. They'll have to wait 10 years for the next guy to invent it
hakachukai 1 year ago
@hakachukai Woah. Thats in a nutshell exactly what I was just saying to someone. Ya, it sucks when someone takes your idea and uses it to fuel their greed. .....or blow people up. ...or trick a bunch of kids into buying another piece of crap...
JMEMantzel 1 year ago
@xtakeout, His lifestyle is that of one way below the poverty line, he just makes the most if what little he has to most benefit himself and his family.
pommyrooter 1 year ago
If you agree with Jamie on this issue, check out The Venus Project, and Jacques Fresco.
shaolinzero 1 year ago
Great rant! Keep on keeping on...
It is the spirit of knowing your creative can bear fruit is what really matters
CTOL1 1 year ago
You two lawyers, here's a million bucks, go get that guy!! haha. Awesome.
Us individuals do need to spread the word and boycott companies that act shady. The power is ours.
jwharehinga 1 year ago
Thanks for all the support. It really means a lot to me. Don't worry. I won't ever stop inventing things ...or showing them.
I will however, spread the word any time I see something wrong.
I don't expect or require everyone to agree with me.
...and yes. This sort of garbage doesn't beat me down. ....it makes me more determined. Its sort of like the reaction you get when you poke a sleeping dog with a stick. Go too far, and it'll eat your stick. ...and possibly your hand. :-P
JMEMantzel 1 year ago 44
i need one of those shirts hod do i get one?
r0botpiss 1 year ago
JME for President!
iammattchew 1 year ago
We need people like you in politics. Our culture is corrupt as hell, but the internet is powerful too,
pdxtone 1 year ago
@pdxtone I agree. the internet IS a powerful tool. Its an amazing way to pass information around about sleazy business preactices. I've learned about loads of businesses that I avoid. ....and usually, i first hear about them online.
JMEMantzel 1 year ago
I hate to say it, man, but strong innovation is only one part of a successful product launch. Engineers rarely understand this. They think that the only important skills are the ones involved in building the product.
But what you are trying to do is get the product from your brain to some kid's hands. You can build the thing -- that's 1/3 of the trip. Operations, logistics, marketing and legal are going to take it the rest of the way. You had better fill out your team if you want to succeed.
treebear1972 1 year ago
@treebear1972 That is not the only way to do things. ...and you can either be part of the solution, or part of the problem. Saying "Thats just the way it is" perpetuates the crappy system.
Excuse me for trying to improve the world, but I will not play their game with their rules.
JMEMantzel 1 year ago 16
@JMEMantzel I'm not saying it's the only way to do things -- I'm explaining a common pitfall. It is just as important to know how to implement (i.e. get your product to market) as it is to know how to invent.
If you don't like the way business currently works, do it another way. I am just trying to make you aware that the best engineering is not a clear path to success. Just ask the guys at PARC (who invented the graphical user interface and the mouse, before Steve Jobs stole the idea).
treebear1972 1 year ago
can he ever stop talking and just show us the problem?
ClownHo 1 year ago
You should become an aircraft mechanic. We really need savvy crazed people here.
alanpro19 1 year ago
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GarbageDonkey 1 year ago
I hope that this doesn't take the wind out of your sails, but instead makes you look forward (even more so) to getting your wonderful awesome product out the door!
It's a shame that stuff like this happens, but you have the drive (and support!) to not be broken down by some lame corporate shmuck. I'll certainly be buying a Jamie Spider Robot (Elite Edition) for my daughter (probably myself) when it hits the stores.
Keep your head up ! You are an inspiration to human life.
GarbageDonkey 1 year ago
what's the deal with your nazi-flag-esque smiley face t-shirt?
analhemorrhage 1 year ago
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icelandicigs 1 year ago
@icelandicigs, I think he might be a troll, be careful on this one.
pommyrooter 1 year ago
USA, country of freedom! *
* only applied for rich company that can hire any lawyer and sue anything.
Wulfsaga 1 year ago
hey man, just want to say I support you all the way in this, and I'm so sorry to hear about this bullshit. Anyway, I'd make a donation if I had any money, I will as soon as I can, but I have so much repect for all the things you do and stand for, and I'm sorry to hear about this; but keep up the cool stuff, I love watching your videos!
j0hnyd42 1 year ago
I have to be honest JME, my beliefs in inventions are exactly the opposite. You should share your inventions, to make the world more awsome. If it werent for patents the would be much more efficiant and safer.
Both realistically and genetically speaking what you want is to be successfull enough so that you have a springboard onto the next big improvment, its good mental training and people who steal never really have this. But you don't 'own' the ideas, their potential alwayse existed.
Elephantintheroom01 1 year ago
@Elephantintheroom01 Err..... didn't I say the the patent system sucks? ...and that its main use is to monopolize products? I think you're only listening to the words you want to hear that let you complain to me.
JMEMantzel 1 year ago
Forget them! I will only buy YOURS! and they absolutely stole your idea. people do suck.
curriguy 1 year ago
Eff those other guys. I WILL BUY YOURS!
curriguy 1 year ago
When it comes to what your saying at the end of you video you should see the Venus Project it seems like you would love. (Damn it this is going to seem like spam)
personperson666 1 year ago
You HAVE to protect your IP if you don't want your idea's stolen, Any further idea's you should hold onto and develop in private, only ever showing trusted friends and family :)
I was concerned when you took your idea's to china... not always the safest place for new IPs.... sadness... :(
I can't wait to see your toys finished though, hopefully everything works out in the end :D Keep up the AWESOME work he he he :D
hutchings000 1 year ago
@hutchings000 Ok... so do I manufacture it myself inside a hidden bunker? ...then market it in a black box that says "really cool toy WOULD be inside this, but... I don't want people stealing it, so.... its empty"
JMEMantzel 1 year ago
@JMEMantzel Well, you can't help it once your at the marketing stage, the idea is out there at that point. But you can keep it hidden until you hit the marketing and production phase :)
I've seen a few people loose good idea's, toy or game related... its rather heartbreaking, but it happens.
Product of a profit driven system I suppose.... :(
hutchings000 1 year ago
@JMEMantzel No, you get some sort of protection on it before you show to anyone. My father got his product patented for under $3500.00 USD. Now he can show to anyone and carry it to any trade show without having to worry.
sniggity 1 year ago
@sniggityOK, so maybe i don't have 3500$ lying around. ....and patents don't protect you unless you can defend it. (byt adding a few zeros to that number. ....like 350000$)
A lot of businesses won't even defend a patent. Its so time consuming, and difficult to defend it against anyone with endless money.
Anyway, this video isn't about who can legally get one up on who. Its about personal honor, and how its non existent in our business culture. Perhaps I should have made 2 separate vids
JMEMantzel 1 year ago
Its called reverse engineering. Its another word for stealing ideas --- and yes we are all on shaky moral ground.
b7et5 1 year ago
Been there, done that.
Dont go to China if you dont want your things been copy. That is what they do. When did you see something that was invented in China? They are cheap because they dont need to spend money on development. They know people from all over the world come to them with greate ides. They run over to the factory next door and have it made as there "own" thing for 1/10 of the price.
geekjoan 1 year ago
When your toy comes out and the quality is supremely superior, the makers of the crap walking toys will cower in fear... and if not from that, then when your army of sentient giant walking robots comes after them.
Keep up the amazing work!
whitja878 1 year ago
what ever I invent, it would be open source.
scancool 1 year ago
I know how you feel man, i used to be a freelance 3D artist but the amount of times i saw my work with someone else's name on it some were even selling my models as there own, in the end drove me to quit.
Many people don't realize how demotivating it is.
Nigh7Stalk3r 1 year ago
sorry but some people suck
rioamericanosucks 1 year ago
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ElderPurch 1 year ago
Crazy props for you Jamie!
stole 1 year ago
Please don't patent your stuff (but keep a record of the invention process). Your video has demonstrated that patents are ineffective for small-time inventors, and it'd be nice to be able to build on top of cool stuff without having to worry about patents.
gringer1 1 year ago
I'm sorry, people suck.
ashyashyashy 1 year ago
You're my hero man, seriously I wish I had the inspiration to be an inventor and I WILL buy your toy when it comes out just to support you and everything your project stands for.
TheMusicInMyBrain 1 year ago
Ahhh, Jamie, I'm afraid that you're going to have to give money to a person versed in the arcane art of patent law. Cynically. Your voice shakes when you say that you hope that they didn't rip you off. Hire someone to do the negative thinking for you, it's ok to assert your rights, it's cool to pay for services that you need.
42fba 1 year ago
I hope you come out winner at the end of this, you're a true inventor!
Best of luck!
bubrockit 1 year ago
is there a way to make a donation to you? i'm extremelly broke, but you're very inspiring and i'd like to buy you a beer or a new pair of socks :D
newfengshui 1 year ago 14
id love to see the links to the other spider rip offs.
TheDeathofGrace 1 year ago
alright andrew ryan...
TheDeathofGrace 1 year ago
Poor guy....
zachcantwell 1 year ago
Dude, did Carlos Mencia see your prototype? Gotta be careful around him.
Chnamanjx 1 year ago 2
If I were ever to buy a spider robot-thingy, for some strange reason, I would travel the seven seas until I found yours. Or maybe order it online. You have my bow!
lutfish 1 year ago
Jaimie, you're the shit. Don't let this discourage you, all the people that admire you for what you're doing are on your side. It hurt to see you broken up about this.
EmeraldFalcon89 1 year ago
You sound a bit like Charlie from it's always sunny.
igraywolf 1 year ago
I can't believe people would just steal your ideas.
If humanity keeps being horrible, I may have to go and live in the woods..
scunner3rd 1 year ago
You should thing about doing a TED talk once you finish this project... I believe you could share some interesting insights from your experience.
BlackHoleSettler 1 year ago
i HIGHLY recommend you pitch your toys in person! at a show like toy fair. The toy industry is competitive however they usually do not deal in patents and any noteworthy company does not steal ideas, it's a trust based industry. thats no to say there are not companies that don't scam they are simply not that important (small low quality)
You are a talented designer don't let this hold you back. i have gone to toy fair and pitched before, pm me if you want advice
tylerttinsley 1 year ago
Four people stole his idea.
uneverknow2342 1 year ago
Disney stole the whole story line and characters for the clown fish movie from a French author who sent it to, guess who? He sent it to Disney and they rejected it and sent it back. Later they made the movie. The French court did not stand up for the guy, either. Disney is very popular in France and there is the theme park, too. The author was basically sacrificed by the court.
If you have imagination to make toys, you need to set up a company. Good luck. You are inspiring.
Joeey 1 year ago 3
@Joeey The other way to deal with such bullcrap is for all of us individuals to spread the word when a company is being really really shady. I won't support any company that screws people over like that. The individual consumers are the ones with the real power here.
JMEMantzel 1 year ago 8
@Joeey Are you talking about Finding Nemo? Do you have any evidence of this? I've googled and can't find a thing. The Lion King was a ripoff, but I'm not so sure about finding nemo.
jozzas 1 year ago
@jozzas look up: franck le calvez pierrot clown fish
Joeey 1 year ago
What can a walking toy do appart from walking?
You have a great project on your hands, i give you all my mental support and send the best of vibs. *send good vibes* Good luck!!!
emptyslicepeace 1 year ago
..continued. Also if you or a friend has invented something already but you can't think of a way to make money off of it surely there is value and pride in simply showing the world what you've come up with and allowing others to run with the idea and use it in new and unique ways?
I understand the argument that says "If I can't make a living inventing things then I can't spend time inventing" but if you've already have an invention and don't know how to profit why not share it for the world?
davyjames 1 year ago
@davyjames I do agree with sharing invention just for the sake of it. ..and thats what I do with most things I make. Seriously, though... its frustruating to always be building things with garbage because I can't afford to buy materials. If I got revenue from 1 or 2 inventions, I'd be able to make so many more things.
JMEMantzel 1 year ago
The problem is suits have no imagination, and few brains. They only hire people with degrees. Degrees whip all creativity out of students. Suits end up with an army of degree holding, unimaginative people, but no creativity in their organizations. The suits refuse to hire the creative inventors because they do not have degrees. The organizations have nothing to sell that is not stolen.
Suit solution. Steal as many ideas from unqualified inventors after refusing to hire them.
polyfrolic 1 year ago
Hey man I can feel your frustration and I think it's a shitty move for somebody to steal your exact idea.
That said, I don't think ideas can belong to anybody. Once you've expressed your idea out loud to another person to stop them using that information to create their own things would be to retard their own knowledge. Imagine if Mr. Ball bearing came to you and said "You shouldn't use that. I came up with the idea."
Wann say a bit more so I'll continue in a second...
davyjames 1 year ago
Yeah you did show it in easily enough detail to work out how it works. I could certainly recreate it (very clever design btw).
It sucks, but I think you can beat them on marketing and quality. :-)
TimmmmCam 1 year ago
Listen fool, YOU HAVE TO SUE!!
The guy who invented the intermittent windshield wipers shopped them to the car companies. Who refused to use it and pay him but then stole it. Finally he sued and won.
This is like a woman being raped and not filling charges because she can't face the trial but then the rapist is able to rape other people. When inventors don't sue, it gives the thieves permission to steal more inventions. SUE!!!
alcibaides 1 year ago
So true about the money thing - As an outsider, I'm sure the US would achieve a far mentally healthier population (and generally better-off) if the culture became less obsessed with the idea of money/possessions = success
zacharyvince 1 year ago
Jaimie - it certainly sounds like people are/have copied your idea. When you refer to "culture" in a negative manner are you singling out the U.S. culture? It kind of sounds like you are, and wishing we could be more honorably like the Chinese. The Chinese have no respect for intellectual property and they may, in fact be the ones copying your design. I don't want to point fingers either, but it is certainly possible. China is the king of industrial espionage.
rodguitarman 1 year ago
you have grounds for a lawsuit since you chronicled your invention publicly. seek legal aid
favianutube 1 year ago
One more thing. innovations benefit the whole tribe. and the richest man is the one who gives the most, not the one who can hoard the most from the needy
bluegreen1138 1 year ago
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To many posters, who think they know how the system works. Do allot of research before you spout off advice. I dont understand why, some people think whatever comes off the top of there head is good advice whether or not they know anything about the subject. I'm not going to correct a nuclear scientist cuz i got a gut feeling. I've been asked about a problem, i was trying to figure out, only to receive advice fit for a two year old.
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bluegreen1138 1 year ago
hurray for changing the world