Inventors Eye | February 2013

Don't Sit and Wait: Stopping Trademark Squatters

Bad-faith trademark filings hurt U.S. businesses abroad. The best course of action is prevention.

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Tracking Innovation: Windshield Wipers

March is Women's History Month. In observance, this article spotlights the creation of the windshield wiper blade.

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Spark of Genius
The Rx for Entrepreneurial Success

Meet Geneva Grainger, an attorney and Texas native who realized that sitting behind a desk and practicing personal-injury law was not the future she desired.

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Announcements
February and March

Saturday Seminar in Detroit Part Two

Independent Inventors Conference Heads to Kansas

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in this issue

Don't Sit and Wait: Stopping Trademark Squatters
By Scott Baldwin : Office of Policy and External Affairs

Tracking Innovation: Windshield Wipers
By Dennis Forbes : Office of Innovation Development

spark of genius
The Rx for Entrepreneurial Success

announcements
February and March

advice
New Fees and Micro Entity Status take Effect March 19

events
Where Independent Inventors Meet

network
Organizations for Inventors

past issues

resources

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