How do we know if a start-up company is a copycat or a FirstCat?

How do we know if a start-up company is a copycat or a FirstCat? A lot of startup geniuses may be no more than copycats.

A company in Australia, called Katcops, helps aspiring entrepreneurs to avoid copycats, offering a system to recognise the real inventors of a startup idea. The platform allows first-creators of ideas to also report copycats of their ideas.

An entrepreneur with a unique idea can apply to become a FirstCat (original creator of the idea). The idea will be thoroughly examined by Katcops. If the concept has never been seen before on the internet, the startup receives the FirstCat accolade.

During the seed-stage of the startup growth, the FirstCat (inventor) can report any copycat of his/her idea. If there is enough evidence that the alleged copycat does steal his/her idea, the copycat’s website will be put in Katcops website as a copycat. Therefore, if someone searches for a startup company in our Startup search page, they can find out if a company is a FirstCat or a copycat. The aim is to protect innovative entrepreneurs during the initial growth-stage of their startups, while incentivising creative people to have more brilliant ideas.

Katcops offers a cost-effective solution to first-idea entrepreneurs who cannot patent their startup ideas due to non-eligibility (non-patentability), length of examination by patent offices (which may take years), and/or exorbitant costs with fees and patent attorneys (which can easily reach the $10,000 figure).

To avoid a perpetual monopoly over an idea, copycats report will not be accepted after the seed-stage development of the original startup. As a matter of fact, competition is part of the entrepreneurial game. But FirstCats will get the credits they deserve.

Katcops Startup search tool aims at becoming a world reference for media outlets, investors, potential stakeholders, customers, and anyone else interested in finding out if a startup company is a FirstCat (original creator) or a copycat. Media outlets, investors, potential stakeholders, and ultimately consumers can use Katcops Startup search to find out if a startup company is a FirstCat or a copycat.

Katcops is an international system created to protect new and innovative startup ideas from copycats, during the seed-stage of the startup development. We put inventive entrepreneurs in the spotlight. Entrepreneurs who invent a new startup idea can submit their application to register their startup idea as a FirstCat (first inventor of the idea). Submitted applications will be thoroughly researched by Katcops to verify its originality.
Our Startup search tool aims at becoming a world reference for media outlets, investors, potential stakeholders, customers, and anyone else interested in finding out if a startup company is a FirstCat (original creator) or a copycat.

Company Name: Katcops
Postal Address: PO Box 5364, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia
Email: info@katcops.com
Phone: +61 425 828 717
Press Contact: Anna Caroline/Sales Marketing Manager
Email: anna@katcops.com

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