18 June 2025 by Barbara Bouffard | Comments are off for this post Why Licensing May Be the Best Move You Can Make With Your Invention Got a great invention? One of the first big choices you'll face is whether to license it to an established company or bring it to market yourself. Both routes have their pros and cons. Licensing can offer speed and scalability, while manufacturing [...]
8 July 2023 by Barbara Bouffard | Comments are off for this post Design Competition Winning Dublin student creates new flossing device for teeth cleaning Many congratulations to Christopher Kenny, a student from Technological University Dublin, who has won this year’s Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) competition with an ingenious bathroom item. We would also like to congratulate Innovates' winner Kyle Farquhar, a student from Edinburgh Napier University. [...]
8 May 2023 by Barbara Bouffard | Comments are off for this post A British delegation of inventors exhibits at the Concours Lépine, Paris invention fair for the first time in history and win several medals. Innovate Design , is proud to announce the participation of the British Delegation in Concours Lépine, the renowned international innovation competition. The event took place from the 27th of April till the [...]
28 April 2023 by James Mcinerny | Comments are off for this post Finalists announced for 2023 DIP competition April 27, 2023 Press release Finalists announced for 2023 DIP competition Judges cite “innovative solutions” for challenging brief Design students entering this year’s Design Innovation in Plastics (DIP) competition have addressed the brief with “out of the box thinking and innovative solutions”, according to head judge, Richard Brown, [...]
25 April 2023 by James Mcinerny | Comments are off for this post World IP Day 2023 Today is World Intellectual Property Day, which is a great opportunity to highlight the role that Intellectual Property (IP) rights, such as, patents, trademarks, registered designs and copyright, play in encouraging innovation and creativity. Here at Innovate, we understand the power of IP and have a wealth of experience of harnessing [...]
14 April 2023 by James Mcinerny | Comments are off for this post Understand your product's potential When you are developing a product you are developing something you can sell for a profit, something you can make a business from (assuming you are a for-profit business!). We define the goal of a product based on Josh Kaufman's definition, in three parts: A product customers want to buy At [...]
28 February 2023 by James Mcinerny | Comments are off for this post Don't create a perfect product, ask Apple Launch your product faster, and for less money as an MLP MLP or Minimum Loveable Product is the minimum product that customers will love, and nothing more. This is exactly what Apple did with the original iPhone. The first iPhone was a step change in mobile phone design, [...]
14 February 2023 by James Mcinerny | Comments are off for this post The UK Innovation Revolution Science, Innovation and Technology The UK government has announced a new Science, Innovation and Technology department, created to boost the UK economy. It has the potential to start an innovation revolution and has been met with approval by the UK's startup community. Katie Gallagher, Chair of the UK Tech Cluster Group, [...]
8 February 2023 by Barbara Bouffard | Comments are off for this post Open Innovation, an opportunity for inventors. 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. [...]
29 November 2022 by Barbara Bouffard | Comments are off for this post New app that focuses on being kind is racing ahead of TikTok in app store ratings! 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 [...]
