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Open Innovation, an opportunity for inventors.

8 February 2023 by | Comments are off for this post
What is open Innovation? Open innovation refers to the approach of seeking input and ideas from outside as well as inside a company or organisation, to drive innovation. Thus, open innovation involves sharing knowledge and information about challenges and seeking ideas and solutions from outside the company or organisation. This approach aims to tap into [...]

Tom Karen inspirational Inventor

11 January 2023 by | Comments are off for this post
An inspirational man who, as a boy fled Europe from the Nazis. He arrived in Bristol with nothing and eventually became one of the most successful and influential inventors and product designers of his time. He will be remembered for his unique and colourful products that were a reflection of the era they were created [...]

Tips on winning over the Dragons

4 January 2023 by | Comments are off for this post
Dragons’ den is back next Thursday at 20h00 on BBC 1. Top tips to pitch to Dragons' Den Over the years, we have had many of our clients pitching their idea in the den, some successful like Chris and Kathryn Baldrey-Chourio – Nana’s Manners, who secured £50,000 investment; some were not so lucky. So what [...]

New app that focuses on being kind is racing ahead of TikTok in app store ratings!

29 November 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Gas is a new app that focuses on being kind and building confidence among your friend group. The latest craze amongst teenagers in the US, you can “gas someone up” – pay them an anonymous compliment, to boost their confidence, using a set poll that removes the ability to cyber bully. With over 500,000 downloads [...]

Funding Opportunity – Fashion and Textile products

22 November 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Mango is investing £ 2.5 million in fashion start-ups A few months ago Mango announced it is creating a £2.5 million fashion start-up accelerator fund to help up to 50 companies develop their fashion businesses. For those who don't know, an accelerator typically helps early-stage companies which have developed a product to grow faster. They [...]

Licensing an Invention

28 October 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Licensing an Invention - the unknown way of commercialising an idea When we think of commercialising an invention, we often forget about licensing, however, it requires less capital investment and therefore you take less risks. Licensed products are all around us. You will have heard of licensing in the music industry or for large brands [...]

Opportunity – Aldi is looking for new UK food and drink products to sell

18 October 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Aldi plans to spend an extra £3.5 billion a year with British businesses To help find them, Aldi is launching a new competition called Aldi's Next Big Thing on Chanel 4 which will see 36 small businesses compete to win a place in Aldi's Specialbuys and gain massive exposure in the process. The show will [...]

Product ideas wanted in the UK

11 October 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Thinking about developing a new product idea? Well if you are based in the UK, you are in the right place. According to the 2022 Global Innovation Index, the UK ranks fourth in the world for Innovation, behind Switzerland, the US and Sweden. In terms of Scientific and Technological intensity, Cambridge was joint first globally [...]

Someone else may be developing your idea – Find out what you can do

27 September 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Simultaneous invention, also known as multiple discovery theory, is the concept that many inventors create the same invention, at the same time, independently of each other. Read on to find out what it might mean for your idea. Famous examples Calculus Let's start with calculus. Isaac Newton (the guy who discovered gravity supposedly when an [...]

What is a patent worth?

24 August 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
It is near impossible to work in the world of Intellectual Property without seeing near-daily discussions on whether patents are worth the paper they are written on. This is mainly because of the number of litigation cases regarding patent infringement and disputes; it is believed that patents are only worth the money you have to [...]