How to Protect Your Ideas

"HOW TO PROTECT YOUR IDEAS"

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 and
Thursday, April 6, 2006

IANE member Joseph R. Birkner, M.E. Registered Patent Agent is giving a one day course in Lynnfield, MA on Marh 7, 2006 from 6:30-9:30pm and again on April 6, 2006.

This popular course has been on-going forover 15 years.
Cost is $22 plus a $10 material fee.

Learn the basics of protecting your valuable ideas.

To register call Susan Leffler (781) 334-5814
To find out more, click here:
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR IDEAS COURSE
http://www.inventne.org/course.html




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Resource for funding

Inventors who are also entrepreneurs interested in networking with investors, check out

www.128ICG.com

"The mission of the 128 Innovation Capital Group is to foster an environment where Innovation flourishes. We accomplish this by providing a forum where Innovative Entrepreneurs can meet Investors, Talented and Experienced Managers and Service Providers who will enable their organizations to become successful enterprises."

2006 Winner of the Lemelson-MIT Student Inventor Prize

Announcement of the 2006 Winner ofthe $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
January, 2006


— -->The 2006 winner of the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize will be announced at a press conference on Wednesday, February 15, at 10:30 a.m. in Twenty Chimneys, on the third floor of the MIT Stratton Student Center (W20).

This event is open to the public, including all MIT faculty, staff and students.

Refreshments will be served.

For more information please call 617-253-3352. Please join us in celebrating MIT student talent!

read more: http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-main.html



The Lemelson-MIT Program website
http://web.mit.edu/invent/index.html

2nd Annual Mothers of Invention Challenge

2nd Annual Mothers of Invention Challenge

In partnership with Mom Inventors, Inc. "Good Morning America Weekend" kicked off its second annual Mothers of Invention Challenge today.
If you're a mom who has a great idea for a new invention, you can enter to win. One grand prize winner will receive $5,000 plus a royalty from the sale of the invention.

Read the details at:
http://www.mominventors.com/resources/gma2005.htm

Mom Inventors "What is it really like to be on QVC?"

In Mom Inventor's January Newsletter the FAQ section focused on:

"What is it really like to be on QVC?"
Many of you already know that Amy Bergin was featured in the Mom Inventors Handbook: How to Turn Your Great Idea into the Next Big Thing. In the book it says that Amy was scheduled to go on QVC. We have followed up with Amy to hear about her experiences. She is now a "regular" on QVC and her product the Couponizer is selling out! Many of us aspire to getting airtime to sell our product(s) and here are some 'insider' tips from Amy's time on QVC.

read the rest of the article which includes:
WORKING WITH YOUR HOST
AIRTIME MANAGEMENT
http://www.mominventors.com/press/newsletter.htm



QVC Product Submission Process
http://www.qvcproductsearch.com/


check out the newsletter at http://www.mominventors.com/press/newsletter.htm

American Inventor TV Show

American Inventor, from Simon Cowell and the producers of American Idol, undertakes the search for America's best new invention. The show, which debuts on March 16, will uncover new products while making some struggling inventor's dream come true in celebrating the best in American ingenuity.


For more info, go to:

http://abc.go.com/primetime/americaninventor/index.html

Business Week Innovation & Design Newsletter

Business Week has a department on

Innovation & Design
Strategy, creativity & research

Read some of the stories:

Turning Limitations into Innovation
When "balanced with a healthy disregard for the impossible," constraints can shape and focus problems, leading to truly creative solutions
A New Invention for Inventors
It's an auction of patents -- and some big-name companies will be selling in "a marketplace where nobody knows what the asset is worth"
Building an Urban Township
The centers in this slide show are more than just housing developments. They include schools, retail space, and other necessities and amenities
"Borderless Thinking" Equals Innovation
Creativity depends on free speech and the unregulated flow of ideas, says Infosys India's Nandan Nilekani
MTV Networks' Mobile Move
The company's vice-chairman explains why video for phones is a rapidly growing market. But it's more complicated than simply recycling TV shows
What does "Innovation" really mean?
How to insure a success with your clients
In Davos, CEOs Get Creative
Top execs know they need to attract people who can develop market-altering products and services. Learning how to do that was a hot topic
An Insider's Take on Steve Jobs
Former Apple board member Edgar Woolard Jr. talks about the man, his vision, and how he'll likely contribute at Disney
New Takes on Taking Temperatures
Kaz's Vicks Life Stages series of children's digital thermometers is designed to fit the needs -- and comfort zones -- of various age groups Slide Show: Hot Designs for Thermometers > >
The Bug in Microsoft's Ear
The software giant is mulling its own digital device that adds gaming to music and video, in an effort to compete with Apple's iPod empire
Steve Jobs's Magic Kingdom
How Apple's demanding visionary will shake up Disney and the world of entertainment
A Pixar Exec's Fairy-Tale Story
John Lasseter once swept Disneyland's streets. Now the animating force behind Toy Story may hold the key to the Magic Kingdom's future
Reinventing the Wheel
Pushing the limits in high performance bike design
Engineering's Modern Wonders
New technologies and materials are allowing civil engineers to build infrastructure projects of unprecedented scale and complexity Slide Show: Today's Epic Engineering Feats > >
New Orleans Unveils Master Rebuild Plan
The Urban Planning Committee announces a "comprehensive and aggressive" model to get the city back on its feet -- and protect it in the future
Rick Rashid: Microsoft's Right Brain
Redmond's top researcher pushes his scientists to go after the really big challenges
Business Prophet
Business ProphetHow strategy guru C.K. Prahalad is changing the way CEOs think
Bright Ideas for Chandeliers
Designers lit up when asked to develop unique fixtures using Austrian crystal company Swarovski's components
Amp'd: Cells for the Maxim Set
The mobile virtual network operator aims to sell hot phones and raunchy media content to -- who else? -- 18- to 25-year-old men
A Peek at Tomorrow's Coolest Tech
Some of these gadgets could be out soon, while others are just concepts. However, all show we've got plenty to look forward to


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