下面有几个方法可以阻止别人复制你的创意: 专利或专利申请，无论是临时的还是非临时的. 一旦专利申请提交, you can state “Patent Pending” on any description of your invention. If your idea is not patentable, you can keep its “secret sauce” a secret, as in “trade secret”. 当与其他政党交谈时, 例如供应商或潜在的合作伙伴, 要求签署保密协议(NDA). Make sure to mark all confidential information “Proprietary and Confidential. Property of …”. It is important to keep in mind that no patent or NDA is bulletproof; somebody with significant resources and motivation may try to copy your idea and possibly work around your patent. 你的速度是最好的竞争优势:你把产品推向市场并开始销售的速度越快, 它就越难与之竞争.