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Invention-related news and opinion. Replies are welcome, though real names are preferred and posts may be edited. |
Gowers Report - not much joy for inventors |
| Date: 29/12/2006 |
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Does the Gowers Report (more accurately, the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property) make any recommendations that will help or encourage inventors? Basically, no.
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Invention funding - the Catch-22 for inventors |
| Date: 17/11/2006 |
Funding for inventions is never easy to get, often because inventors ask for too little money. Here's how the Catch-22 of invention funding works.
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Where did the NESTA* Invention & Innovation Programme go wrong? |
| Date: 26/09/2006 |
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The NESTA Invention & Innovation Programme was a brilliant idea that started well, but was then mishandled and abandoned. Here's our view of what went wrong.
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Does the ‘Not Invented Here’ syndrome exist? |
| Date: 23/08/2006 |
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For years inventors have ranked the ‘Not Invented Here’ (NIH) syndrome close to the top of the list of reasons why companies reject their ideas. Are they right?
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