Pitching My Software-Should I Get a Patent? [closed]

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Published on 2012-04-10T21:38:54Z Indexed on 2012/04/11 5:43 UTC
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This Thursday I will be filming for a Canadian TV Show where I will be pitching my software to 5 Canadian Millionaires to invest in. The software is ridiculously basic but it is for sports teams, specifically football and basketball teams. (The show won't air till September)

I made this in Adobe Flash using Actionscript.

I have been selling the software to sports teams in the USA mostly including University Teams for $20.

I have only sold 32 copies ($640), but I don't advertise, I just write articles on the subject.

Now my question is this: I have no patent on this software since I have been doing this casually. Is it a bad idea to go onto this TV show and ask them for money for a software patent? Or should I be asking money for marketing/other things?

Note: I also have no idea how much I should ask for.

I know absolutely nothing about software patents but if it matters no other software exists that does this exact thing (however it could be easily duplicated).

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