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How to Stop A Competitor From Getting a Patent?

By Eric Waltmire on April 22, 2013

When discovering that a competitor has filed a patent application on a product or service you are making or selling or intend on making or selling, the question sometimes arises how can the competitor be stopped from obtaining a patent? This article will review the options to consider in light of a known or suspected [...]

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How to Create Spaces that Spark Good Ideas

How to Create Spaces that Spark Good Ideas

By Eric Waltmire on October 2, 2010

How and where are great ideas born? This is the topic of a TED Talk by Steven Johnson. Anyone interested in generating good ideas–and what business isn’t–should take 18 minutes and watch Johnson’s TED Talk. Johnson tackles the question of what are the environments that lend to unusual levels of innovation. The popularized view of [...]

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Manufacturing on Demand: Resources for Inventors and Small Business

By Eric Waltmire on April 16, 2008

A relatively new service called Ponoko provides manufacturing on demand. The user uploads a design and can order that as few as one copy be created and delivered. Ponoko laser cuts the design out of any of the following materials: Acrylic, PETG, Styrene, Hardboard, MDF, Plywood, Veneer MDF, and Whiteboard. The product is shipped as [...]

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