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- A Case for ‘Open Protection’ By Maxine Horn In today’s environment, businesses increasingly need new ideas for services and products, as well as ways to present brands or interact with users. These are not rich R&D tasks. They are creative tasks. Open innovation and the progress it promises needs creative talent. However, there [...]
The year 1998 saw momentous social advancement. California bars, clubs and card-rooms went smoke-free. The country of Mongolia switched from a 46-hour to a 40-hour work week. And Inventors Digest Magazine, along with old-guard members of the United Inventors Association and the Academy of Applied Science designated August as National Inventors Month. Cue applause. Yay! [...]
. Forbes Riley An encounter with Forbes Riley is akin to dabbing your tongue to a fresh 9-volt battery – you get a jolt. The 50-something fitness junky has become an eponymous figure on infomercials, most notably selling her SpinGym workout product – essentially a weighted disc that spins on a rope. “It’s the ultimate [...]
. How You Can Live Like Ed Long before Al Gore told us the sky was warming, long before it was chic to conserve energy, and long before it became de rigueur to recycle cans, bottles, plastics and paper, Ed Begley Jr. was living an eco-friendly lifestyle. Since the 1970s, the actor and environmental activist [...]
10 Tips for Capturing Capital By Chris Lynch During the Internet boom of the ‘90s, investors were mostly interested in the potential of a company – even if that meant betting consumers would pay a premium to have 25-pound bags of dog food delivered to their door. That – and many other ventures [...]
Under the Radar Editor’s note: Each month, Inventors Digest shines a spotlight on new inventions from independent inventors, entrepreneurs and small businesses in our Under the Radar section of the magazine. Want your new product featured? Email info@inventorsdigest.com Dolly on Steroids Former factory worker Eric Fountain ruined his back on the job, [...]
What Are You Waiting For? By Kevin L. Gyoerkoe Procrastination is as much a part of professional life as presentations, networking and early morning meetings. We’ve all struggled with it at one point in time and there are always those tasks that just keep showing up on the to-do list, week after week after week [...]
Each month, Inventors Digest submits inventor questions to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office commissioners. This month’s query: Can I trademark a website domain name through the USPTO? Here’s what Commissioner for Trademarks Deborah Cohn had to say: A: You may be able to register your mark composed of an Internet domain name if your mark functions [...]
. Search, Seek and Deploy By Jack Lander Our February 2011 cover piece, Unlocking Open Innovation, confirmed the hearsay that’s been circulating for a few years now: Many companies have done an about-face on receiving invention proposals from inventors. So, now what? Should we just find any company, spill our guts in a long submission [...]
Social Media Do’s n’ Don’ts By Renee Quinn Social media has become the fastest growing online phenomenon. Millions have flocked to Facebook and LinkedIn and Twitter. Businesses of all sizes, entrepreneurs and individual inventors from nearly every industry have chimed in. But as with any business strategy, all of your time money and energy are wasted [...]
