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The Suffolk Journal:
The New Product Innovation Competition, an annual competition open to all Suffolk students, had its third annual award ceremony at the Law School. The competition was established in 2006 by Professor Sushil Bhatia of the Sawyer Business School.
First place was awarded to Marrinder Singh, Karen Lassko, Maria Brown, and Rick Baker for their […]
The New York Times:
Flash of Genius” is a doggedly workmanlike variation of an old story: the lone crusader doing battle with the big bad establishment. Picture Jimmy Stewart as a passionately outraged everyman speaking truth to power, then take away the passion.
What gives the movie a frisson of freshness is that the little guy is […]
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Once a month in southeastern Wisconsin, three groups of inventors meet with people who want to help them.
At their core is a Milwaukee-area woman aiming to help change a culture.
Her name is Jill Welytok, a patent lawyer who grew up in Skokie, Ill., watching her dad invent the motion-sensitive fish that wiggles on […]
Long Island Business News:
Sayville’s Chris Heisig is a regular at the Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club of Suffolk County.
Standing in a knot of other members before the most recent meeting at the county’s office building in Hauppauge, Heisig said that nearly a decade ago he had an idea for a flashlight that never saw the light […]
If you drive a car, then you already know how high those gas prices have gotten for everyone and the need to find a way to reduce those costs is extremely important.
All too often magic potions and parts that we’re supposed to add to our car and reduce the fuel consumption pop up in the […]
Diabetes is a problem that many people have to face every day. That also includes the needles and medicines that are needed daily.
When Catherine (KK) Patton was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes during her pregnancy, she had to face a situation that may have looked bleak at the time but would eventually inspire […]
MIT:
If you are an inventor ot product developer this is a great resource. The Inventor’s Handbook was created by the Lemelson-MIT Program to address the independent inventor’s and aspiring entrepreneur’s most frequently asked questions regarding United States patents.
The handbook answers questions ranging from how to do a patent search, get your product licensed and […]
Union-Tribune:
Necessity wasn’t the mother of Sheldon Levinson’s invention. Nobody really needs a machine that makes bubbles.
But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth doing, or that the machine isn’t fun to play with, or that the process of turning Levinson’s idea into an actual product won’t make for good TV.
Levinson, who lives in San Carlos, is […]
NetworkWorld:
The owners of an invention promotion operation that charged up to $12,000 to evaluate and promote consumers’ inventions agreed today to pay $10 million in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers across the country.
The defendants — Davison Design and Development and Manufacturer’s Support Services — enticed consumers with […]
Press & Sun-Bulletin:
Few individuals have a moment of clarity when they give birth to an idea for a product or service, and even fewer take that idea and make it happen.
Taking an idea to market is a long process, but in the end it’s worth it, inventor Mark Saroka said.
“It’s extremely exciting starting to see […]
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