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...
Read MoreJoan Lefkowitz, is president of Accessory Brainstorms Inc., a licensing agent, sales representative and consultant for fashion/beauty accessory and lifestyle inventions. Listen and chat live with her tonight at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m....
Read MoreBy Dave Lavinsky If you want to turn your invention into a thriving company – versus licensing or selling your intellectual properly – there’s one thing that’s significantly more important than the quality of your goods. And...
Read MoreBeing Original Ain’t Easy By Jack Lander Before my friend Paul retired he was a book producer. He spent much of his workday analyzing the kinds of books that were selling well. His objective was to find a gap among them — an...
Read MoreThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office requested a $2.71 billion budget for 2012, a 16 percent increase from the previous year. The patent office says the 2012 budget “will contribute to America’s innovation economy and promote...
Read MoreLemelson-MIT Awards Grants to 14 U.S. High Schools Fourteen high school teams from across the nation will be working to solve some of the thorniest and most important problems on the planet courtesy of the Lemelson-MIT...
Read MoreGary Seehoff cofounded Evriholder Products after inventing its first two products, Twirl A Tie and Twirl A Belt. Gary built the company into one of the nation’s largest housewares impulse-product providers and in 2008 sold a 70%...
Read More. ‘Innovation Simplified’ with NventNode New online software service helps create, track & polish ideas By Mike Drummond Independent inventors seeking to pop into the 21st century may want to throw away their notebooks and...
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