Patent a website, any use?

[Santoro]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ny ny

I have an idea for a matchmaking website but i was wondering if i should patent it. I think that patenting a website is possible but if somebody wants to copy it, it's hard to prove they stole your patent as they can do enough modifications ot make it look different. For exemple even facebook was stolen from another website source code and they are still in court for that?

What do you think, is there any use to patent my website?

Thanks

[divgradcurl]

You can't patent a website -- however, if there are inventive elements to your matchmaking service, you may be able to obtain a patent on those inventive parts. Your best bet is to sit down with a local patent attorney or agent who can review all of the facts concerning your website and advise you accordingly.

[Deacon Frost]

Originally Posted by divgradcurl

You can't patent a website -- however, if there are inventive elements to your matchmaking service, you may be able to obtain a patent on those inventive parts. Your best bet is to sit down with a local patent attorney or agent who can review all of the facts concerning your website and advise you accordingly.

I agree with this.

For instance, Google has patented their algorithm for page rank. Their technology is patented, the idea of a search engine is not.