Author and biologist Janine Benyus coined the term biomimicry more than a decade ago. Since then, the mother of nature-inspired innovation has seen her movement blossom. By Carole Ruffin Running shoes fashioned after goat...
Read MoreBy Jack Lander with Karla Hunter, Esq. The patent is the main form of protection sought by most inventors. A patent is essential if you hope to license your product, and it may be valuable if you plan to manufacture and market...
Read MoreFind out at the Inventors Conference 09: “A Climate of Opportunity” For the 5th year in a row, Kentucky’s largest Inventors Conference will host inventors and entrepreneurs from throughout the state and region...
Read MoreBig Idea Group’s Microbusiness Hunt Seeks Innovative Products for New Ventures Winning inventors will receive royalties, plus equity stake in new microbusiness-the evolution of venture capital to invention capital...
Read MoreOne of the hardest things to do is to evaluate the potential of your invention. The inventions with the most potential are the ones that are a means to a solution, it solves something, or takes away a problem people may have....
Read MoreI thought, “My idea is safe now. Yes! My invention is protected by a patent. I can feel comfortable talking to an invention-promotion firm or potential manufacturers about it.”
I was wrong.
Read MoreLaid-off inventors who are getting tired of standing in long lines at the unemployment office might consider creating their own jobs and pursue their invention dreams by taking their products to market.
Read MoreThere is an entire industry built around a practice called “typosquatting.” By registering a common misspelling of another domain name it enables someone to “steal” visitors from that domain – registering “fierstone.com,” for example, to steal traffic from people who misspell “firestone.com” in their browser.
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