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