Your USPTO
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Your USPTO: What’s Next – November 2021
The USPTO hosts this virtual session on the first Thursday of each month, covering patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
American Inventors
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Seeking the Eureka Moment
It is our unconscious mind that contemplates the problem and often provides the answer without our conscious struggle.
Eye On Washington
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Code Red
In Google v. Oracle, the Supreme Court rules that cut-and-paste copying of computer code is fair use
Inventing 101
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Direct Response TV Still a Spot to License
In this day of social media and selling on the internet, inventors should remember that infomercials—and short-form commercials produced by Direct Response TV or DRTV companies—still take submissions from inventors.
Lander Zone
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Common Goal
Inventors create a product and search for a market. For entrepreneurs, a gap in the market is more important than the product.
Marketing Tips
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Crowdfunding Tips and Tricks
Planning your crowdfunding campaign is the most important step. Ideally, you’re better off starting 3-4 months out with pre-launch activities. Even longer doesn’t hurt.
Bright Ideas
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Packaging for Bath Gel Made From Soap – And More
SOAPBOTTLE is billed as a zero-waste system—a container for bath gel that is made entirely of soap, including a recycled paper label. After using the bath gel, you use the soap.
Time Tested
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Campy Pioneer
The Clapper was an early home automation innovation almost a half-century ago. Just plug it into any standard wall outlet and clap twice to turn a lamp on or off. Clap three times to turn off the TV.
Inventors Digest is produced in partnership with Enventys Partners, a leading crowdfunding marketing agency and product development firm.