What You Should Know About NDAs
Channel: The Patent Professor®
Date: 18/04/2023

This is why it is SO IMPORTANT to file your idea as soon as possible. Filing provides protection so that you can safely begin talking to manufacturers, investors, etc. 

If you're choosing to speak to these other parties BEFORE filing for your patent, you can have them sign NDA's, but know that the risk is still present.

While you are protected against the party that signed the NDA, you will not be protected against any parties outside of your agreement. Trying to prove that the party that signed the NDA was the one that leaked your idea to someone else is really hard to do!

So, FILE FIRST! This is your best bet.