Can I use someone elses product to make my own?

Question

It's a general product, due to patent reasons I can't tell you what the products are. But, can I use someone elses product to make my own and put ti under a diffewrent name? The finished product will be similar to the orignal but taylored for a different group of people.

Ok im useing someones elses product to make my own unique product. it will be a similar product to the one im useing to make but mine will be taylored to a whole different audience of people.

basicaly what im asking here is like this. if i were to use, for example, hersey's choclate sauce to nake my own choclate milk shake, is that ok? or if i were to use kroger brand fruit coctail to make fruit salad, is that ok. oh, and to market it as something totaly different but use someones elses product as my ingridents.

Answer 1

Are you using it in basicly the same matter or is your use something that is new and novel?

You can use ideas, combine several ideas into a new product, and have a patentable idea; however there are some requirements and I suggest you look at the wikipedia entry or the patent office site for patentability requirements.

Answer 2

If you are using another patented product to produce your final version, you will violate their patent rights unless, of course, you purchase that component from the person who holds the patent and pay them accordingly for it.

Depending on HOW similar the product is to the original, you may also run into patent infringement. The fact that it's tailored to a different group of people is quite irrelevant.

You are advised to consult with a qualified intellectual property attorney for a legal opinion.

Answer 3

No, I don't think you can, but I'm not an expert on patents.

Although, it does seem as though many of the same things are manufactured under different or genaric names.

Answer 4

no you can't copy products of other's (i think)