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It turns out Rich Holmes, assistant general counsel for Edison Nation, didn’t need his law degree to fight knock-off operations that were trafficking in one of the company’s top-selling products, the Gyro Bowl. This year Holmes discovered shady Chinese manufacturers selling cheap imitations of the Gyro Bowl on eBay and Alibaba. “I saw a photo [...]
By Mike Drummond Ahhha.com is a website for inventors to submit ideas so others from the masses or “crowd” can offer input. The folks at Ahhha, launched last March, say they offer “social ideation” and are “turning ideas into profit.” Inventors can post or stake a “claim” on an idea online for free. If other [...]
By Mike Drummond Roger Brown licensed his first invention from the trunk of his car. In a scene out of Casino or a James Bond film, he demonstrated his Super Sleever to a couple of officials from Bartlett Nuclear Inc. in a covered parking garage. “There we were,” Brown recalls, “three guys in business suits [...]
Where Ideas Receive Recognition and Reward Edison Nation (a sister company of Inventors Digest) scans the country for innovative, solution-based ideas each day. To date, Edison Nation has worked with the likes of The Clorox Company, Procter & Gamble, General Mills, Fisher-Price, and Mattel to pursue new products. For inventors or everyday idea people, Edison [...]
By Mary Dickson While visiting Chicago recently, President Obama remarked to the crowd, “Ordinary folks can do extraordinary things.” Call me crazy, but I think Obama just might kick back with Everyday Edisons in his downtime, for this ode to extraordinary capabilities is kind of our mantra. Edison Nation (a sister company of Inventors Digest) [...]
Patience, professionalism & intellectual property – skills all inventors must master By Karen Norris Many might find the patience aspect the most challenging. Whether it is waiting for a licensing deal to be executed, a prototype to be completed, or the first sample to come off the production line, when getting involved in the inventing [...]
. An Inventor’s Love Affair with Edison Nation By Eric Huber Editor’s note: We asked independent inventor Eric Huber to write a from-the-gut, honest assessment of what he thought about Edison Nation. Here’s what he had to say: I’m too old for Legos, Lincoln Logs, wood blocks and Erector sets, but I like building [...]
Now it was Inventors Digest’s turn to get into the ongoing debate in the U.S. Senate over patent reform, officially known as S. 23. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., cited a letter of support for patent reform from Louis Foreman, publisher of Inventors Digest, this week. Here’s his letter: February 14, 2011 The Honorable Patrick J. [...]
Inventor website InventorSpot will shut its online forums Monday (Feb. 21), citing lack of resources to police an avalanche of spam from self-promoters. “Without proper revenue and staffing for the forums, and the overwhelming amount of spam attacking our site daily, we have decided it best to temporarily shut down the forums until we can [...]
Smarter, Faster Ways to Get Your Product to Market By Mike Drummond The job posting might have looked something like this: Wanted: Talented inventor to help conceive and commercialize innovations to improve the human condition. Must be passionate, creative and collaborative. Science background preferred. Salary: Low six-figures. Send resume to: Menlo Park Laboratory, care of [...]
