phosita ::: quick links for 2005-10-05
Posted by Douglas Sorocco, October 5, 2005 at 7:21 am
- The show formerly known as "Million Dollar Idea," is seeking submissions. For more information, see AMERICAN INVENTOR Reality TV Show Wants Your Invention. If you click here, you can be added to the mailing list and submit more information in the future.
- Are you tired of waiting around for your bartender to refill your empty beer? The solution has arrived: An intelligent beermat that alerts the bartender that your glass is empty could feature in pubs of the future. And this isn't the only useful application of this new coaster. This makes me wonder: Why aren't my bar-conceived inventions as marketable?
- Japanese IP Court Makes First Decision
- AskMen.com features IP in two different posts: How To Patent An Invention and How To Register A Trademark.
- Expert witnesses are more and more in demand, particularly in the technology field. See Perry Mason, Meet Your Expert Technology Witness (free registration required).
- Ownership of Ideas is High-Stakes Game Patent Battles Shake Global Economy - "In another era, a nation's most valuable assets were its natural resources coal, say, or amber waves of grain. But in the information economy of the 21st century, the most priceless resource is often an idea, along with the right to profit from it."