The world is in economical crisis, many young and bright  people have

lost

their jobs and are looking for employment. Many of this people could

use a new idea for a new business, but every thing they think of has

already been done. Thinking of a new business idea, and the cost of

patenting it is to hard for most of them. A new site is trying to help

them, with a new kind of patent - Open Patents.

The idea behind an open patent is that people are divided in to two

kinds - the creative ones, who come up with a new idea every other day,

and the entrepreneurs, who love working on new projects and making them

happen, but aren't the creative kind that actually think of the ideas.

The idea people will often try and get a product for their ideas, and

make a product that will sell, but most of their ideas will get lost -

since they won't do anything with them. This ideas should be saved.

Open Patents gives them a chance to share their ideas with the world

for free. That way, entrepreneurs could find great free ideas, and try

to make products out of them. The talk back method in the site promotes

the ideas, people respond to ideas, concepts continue to improve.

Some argue that by submitting an open patent, you are making it

impossible for any one to get a real patent on the idea, and therefor

no one will try and make a product out of it. "In a way this is true",

says Asam, one of the site developers, "But the positive side is

stronger - we are giving people a chance to make a difference, people

like you and me can give their ideas to the world and make new ideas

come to life!"

The

site already has a number of great ideas – and some strange ones. The

ideas submitted so far relate to safety, environmental, household

goods, computers and Electronics.