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How the Crowd Can Help Find Prior Art By Cheryl Milone Prior art research is playing an increasingly important role for companies and inventors with potential exposure to intellectual property litigation. Millions of dollars in legal expenses are being spent to understand the true value of patents. In some cases, entire industries are threatened by [...]
Presentation can be as important as the product itself By B. Collins Scott Lucas has bad news for those who hate clamshell packaging, the nearly impossible-to-open clear plastic fortress that encases many consumer goods – it’s not going away. While many holiday shoppers may lament this fact as they slice, gnaw and wrestle to free [...]
By Jack Lander If you intend to license your invention rather than produce and market it yourself, you’ll need to submit your invention to a company at some point. For most inventors this process is daunting and discouraging. The process of submission and getting a conclusive response is often slow. More often than not the [...]
Trevor Lambert runs Lambert & Lambert, a licensing agency that helps inventors bring products to market. Last year he launched Enhanced Product Development to further help inventors get their consumer goods onto store shelves. We decided we needed to know more about his services. ID: How does Enhance Product Development differ from your other company, [...]
Tune in at Got Invention Radio Presented by Inventors Digest to catch angel investor Mark Alessi. Startup cash is essential to any growing business. Mark will discuss what angel inventors are, what they do, when to seek them, how to find them and what to expect. Marc is executive director of the Long Island Angel [...]
Once upon a time in America – in the 19th century, actually – the nation convulsed with anxiety about the future. Many worried that the United States was adrift from the vision of the founding fathers. “People were panicked,” says independent museum curator Claire Perry. “There were many editorials, church sermons, poems, pictures and paintings [...]
Inventors Digest featured Leslie Haywood’s innovative Grill Charms many moons ago. Now you can hear how far Leslie’s come tonight on our partner web radio station Got Invention Radio. Listen and chat live with Leslie (June 23, 2011), on Got Invention Radio at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST at www.gotinvention.com. Call 877.474.3302 or email your questions to info@gotinvention.com. [...]
Jon Dudas was director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 2005-2009. Afterward, while working as a partner in a private D.C. law firm, famed U.S. inventor Dean Kamen made Dudas an offer he couldn’t refuse – take over as president of FIRST or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, an international [...]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office appointed Mary Boney Denison as Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Operations – a big boon for inventors and those in the invention industry. Denison is a founding partner of Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC in Washington, D.C. where her practice has focused on trademark prosecution and litigation. She has [...]
By Steven J. Henry Buying a license for a technology or product can backfire without a solid strategy and ample research. Here are five often-overlooked landmines: #1 – Believing a term sheet will protect your interests A term sheet a brief document outlining the terms and conditions of a business agreement. But it’s just the start. A [...]
