Work at Home Business Ideas

IPWatchdog:
Increasingly on the Internet, invention advertising is taking an odd and seemingly inexplicable turn toward advising independent inventors to not seek patent protection, which is undeniably bad advice that will undoubtedly cause much disappointment and heart break for those who actually follow it.
But why is it that you are starting to see more and more […]

Up And Running:
First, the global view: You’re rowing upstream. You’re facing several real problems.
1. First, the real value in business isn’t the idea but rather the building of the company to create, market, sell and manage the idea. That’s where the money is.
2. Second, ideas are very hard to sell as just ideas, because companies […]

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 […]

ReadWriteWeb:
We live in an age when success of innovation is mixed with unprecedented failures. On one hand we’re reinventing the web, fighting for a greener future and building genomix. On the other there are housing bubbles, credit crises and war.
The technology patent crisis is important to our future. For decades the patent law served its […]

Entrepreneur.com:
The web has revolutionized nearly every aspect of human endeavor. The cliche goes that you can do everything from diagnosing medical aliments to investigating your genealogy while sitting at home in your underwear. This is equally true for entrepreneurs, who can perform virtually all of their business activities online.
The internet can help both the novice […]

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 […]

IPWatchdog.com:
Effective October 2, 2008, the United States Patent Office fees will once again be changed, which is a yearly or bi-yearly event.
The filing fee to the Patent Office for an individual inventor or a small company that qualifies for small entity status (i.e., companies with fewer than 500 employees) is now $165.00.
For those who are […]

The Journal Of New England Technology:
When the modern patent statute was enacted in 1952, Congress was of the view that “anything under the sun that is made by man” can be patented. Can that really be true? Can you get a patent on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? Can you get a patent on […]

All great inventions start as an idea, but how many of those ideas have already been patented and have started to take form? Not all ideas are unique, but when you have one it is important to make sure to get the right paperwork done so your idea won’t be stolen by the next […]

Entrepreneur:
Over the past several months, Congress has been discussing numerous changes to existing patent law.
While certain elements of the legislation will bring the U.S. patent system in line with much of the rest of the world by potentially simplifying the process of filing, granting and disputing patents, my concern is that the direction and consequences […]