It is with much excitement that we announce Hitachi as one of our Everyday Edisons Season 4 technology partners! Over the past several months, our team has had the pleasure of incorporating the Hitachi Starboard into our show planning meetings. The interactive whiteboard has allowed us to display agendas and shared documents for the entire [...]
America Invents Act The new law compels inventors to file patent applications early The America Invents Act approved in September directly affects independent inventors and patent filers of all stripes. We examine how the new law alters the playing field – and what you need to know to avoid new pitfalls and take advantage of [...]
Help Me Rhonda Rhonda Shear began her career as an entertainer after being crowned Miss Louisiana USA back in the day. She went on to appear in low-budget films and earned a Best B-Movie Actress award for her work in Prison A Go-Go. We never heard of it, either, but it’s always nice to be [...]
We are excited to announce another selection from those ideas submitted to Round I of our $25 Million Innovation Fund! Roger Berent & Kyle Hulewat’s idea will move into our Concept Research Phase, the first gate in our selection process to determine if we can bring this idea to market! More about Roger and Kyle [...]
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 [...]
Thanks to everyone who submitted questions about our SkyMall Live Product Search. We’ve submitted your questions to the SkyMall team and now we have answers! We hope this information serves as a helpful resource for you when submitting your ideas –just be sure to do so before Monday, January 9, 2012 at 11:59pm PST! Happy [...]
If you’ve read about Edison Nation in Popular Science, watched a segment about us on CNBC, or seen our products featured both in national television and print media outlets, then you’ve seen the fruits of the behind-the-scenes efforts of Edison Nation’s PR team. Today, meet the staff member who oversees that team, Mary Dickson! Q1. [...]
SurveyMonkey is the world’s largest survey company with technology that powers more than 1 million survey responses every day. Tonight, two of its executives join Got Invention host Brian Fried at 8pm ET/5pm PT. Click on the “listen live” button on the homepage, www.gotinvention.com. Call 877.474.3302 or email your questions to brian@gotinvention.com. SurveyMonkey has built tools based [...]
Our team continues to review ideas from our Innovation Fund to determine which will continue on to the next stage, and today we’re excited to announce another selection! Edison Nation is a diverse community. We’ve seen great ideas come from a sketch on a napkin to refined prototypes and production samples. Today, we’re congratulating both [...]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking suggestions on where to put potential new satellite offices. “Establishing satellite offices in geographically diverse areas of the country will allow the agency to better recruit and retain talented patent professionals and allow the agency to better interact with the applicant community,” said Under Secretary [...]