The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2010 Young Entrepreneur Awards. High-school seniors with a flare for entrepreneurship are encouraged to apply online for a chance to win a...
Read MoreIt’s with great sadness to report the death of Robert H. Rines, an inventor, lawyer, professor, researcher and composer. He died Sunday after battling a series of illnesses. Rines was 87. He is survived by his wife, Joanne...
Read MoreQ. A few years ago, the USPTO launched a nationwide program to encourage small businesses to beef up their IP protection domestically and abroad. What were the results of that campaign and can you give us any updates? The...
Read MoreThe following news release from the United Inventors Association just popped over the transom. It’s a mea culpa/explanation about the UIA’s membership offer sent via invention submission company InventHelp earlier...
Read MoreLook for us next week at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, which is hosting its 14th Annual Independent Inventors Conference Nov. 5-6 at is campus in Alexandria, Va. I’ll be meeting with new USPTO director David...
Read MoreThe United Inventors Association stumbled two weeks ago, when it accepted InventHelp’s offer to send discount membership deals via the company’s e-newsletter. It was a classic public-relations gaffe. InventHelp, an...
Read MoreInventors Digest magazine selected the four winners of its national and Carolinas youth innovation essay contests, after evaluating some 400 submissions from across the country. We announced the winners last week; we’ve...
Read MoreBy Sarah Katherine Shearin The recession this year killed Saluté Wine & Provisions, an upscale Italian restaurant in Charlotte, N.C. Well-heeled banking executives, the bread-and-butter of the restaurant in the city’s tony...
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