We are sick of people just stealing ideas. It's happened to us way too many times and it must stop. It's a simple principle - if it's not your idea, you must pay to use it. The Ideas Union was established to record, register and legally protect commercially valuable ideas of people who are professionals in their field.

We empower members to take concepts they believe have commercial value to organisations or individuals for financing, business partnership or distribution deals, and be fully confident they can’t steal the idea without paying you, our member, for the concept on terms you specify.

These ideas may not be patentable in the traditional sense (or pre-patent), but still have real commercial value, which companies want to use for profit - otherwise people wouldn't try to steal them.

1. Fairness: we aim for outcomes a reasonable person would call fair.

2. Originality: the originator of a concept deserves a substantial share of the reward/profit.

3. Mutual Value: deals only work when both sides see value; royalties, flat fees, revenue share,
   whatever you agree.

4. Autonomy: members decide if, how, and to whom you license. No permission = no use.

5. Privacy by default: Ideas Union don’t view your information unless you ask us, or a court requires it.

6. Sustainable business: a portion of successful recoveries funds Ideas Union services.

7. Professionalism: Ideas Union membership is only open to recognised professionals.

How do we do this? As you know, whoever has the most money usually wins legal fights. 

We pool our membership funds to win legal fights on behalf of our members. We ensure that member's valid ownership claims are protected and will spend whatever it takes to ensure that larger, wealthier companies pay to use your concepts.

We can afford many millions in legal fees, so you win the case. There are no maximum costs for a case, we will spend as much as it takes. 

If we do lose the occasional rare case and have to pay damages, the collective membership fund pays that, not you, our member personally.

To ensure long-term viability, Ideas Union keeps 25% of member's 'wins' in jurisdictions where that is allowed.

Ideas Union was founded in 2025 by a collective of creative professionals who were tired of decades of pitching for business opportunities and having valuable ideas stolen by the firm they were pitching to.

Our goal is quite simple: level the playing field. So creative people have the same power as big companies.

We see a world where it doesn’t matter the depth of the pockets of the professional, ownership of our ideas is taken seriously, because we have the legal firepower to be successful and to prosecute thieves.