Each month we feature Q&A with a leading voice in innovation.This month: Dick Brown, a serial entrepreneur who’s launched more than 50 new products into the U.S. market including the $1 billion SoundBlaster® soundcard for computers. Dick is also the person who started RadioShack® Computers (with Tandy Computers) in 1980. He now keeps himself occupied as president of a company marketing and selling Tunebug™ ultra-portable sound generators—little devices that turn just about any smooth surface into a flat panel speaker. Here’s perspective from Dick: Q: A lot of inventors come to you with new products and technologies. How do you assess a new product?
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Industry leader Dick Brown on innovation
In this issue... Industry leader Dick Brown on innovation Attention young inventors – think ahead & win! Case study: Lessons from another launch Update: Patent Reform Act of 2009 FYI: Upcoming tradeshows for new inventions Invention quote of the month Questions or comments? Click here or call New on the Inventors’ blog - Your invention could be so Atlanta! - What's your modern-day AC? - Is innovation bad? Click here to read entries  AbsolutelyNew, Inc. is the consumer goods company that partners with inventors to launch innovative products. The company offers services include product development, marketing and licensing. AbsolutelyNew is a Certified Professional member of the United Inventors Association.
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Attention young inventors–think ahead & win!
August is National Inventors Month. It’s a time to celebrate what’s been invented, what we’re all doing today, and the inventions of tomorrow.
With this in mind, Inventors Digest magazine is holding an essay contest for middle school and high school students. It asks all you students out there to envision the world 50 years from now, in 2059, and to write about it.
AbsolutelyNew is not affiliated with the contest. We’re simply helping spread the word because we believe the world is better served when more people embrace their inventive thinking. Contest and prize details of note:
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Lessons from another launch
Every product experience is of course unique, but each also offers learning that can be leveraged by others. This month we go deep into the innovative (and yes, unusual looking) Side Solution™ pillow, sharing the behind-the-scenes story and lessons from its launch.
Update: Patent Reform Act of 2009
Since this wide-sweeping legislation could significantly impact your invention, if passed – regardless of whether you’re at the idea stage or years into your patent – it would serve you well to keep up on the ongoing debate and keep telling your elected representatives what you think. Here’s a quick summary on where things stand: |
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FYI: Upcoming tradeshows for new inventions Tradeshows are great for showcasing inventions and/or making contacts with industry leaders. The key is to plan ahead, to get the most out of each show you attend. So looking beyond August, here’s a list of U.S. tradeshows happening over in the September to November window. |
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Invention quote of the month “Doubt is the father of invention.”
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In April’s newsletter we first reported that the U.S. Congress was taking up patent reform with champions from both parties in the House and Senate. One bill sponsor called it “the most significant bill introduced this year.”