2010年10月10日 星期日

How does a brand name | brand shoes Jiangdu committed to autonomy

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Footwear industry began in the 20th Jiangdu Century, 60's and early 90 of considerable size, has sold the group the city, almost 3,000 shoe companies person staff of 40,000 shoes per year, about 10 million pairs of shoes throughout the country as a whole. Jiangdu shoes, a traditional pillar industries. However, a size usually small, less competitive brand awareness and thus less competitive products on the market, so that the benefits difficult. To avoid this traditional industry has become a "bird cage" in recent years, companies Jiangdu shoe brand like his life to take root the same as a seed in their hearts. Currently, there are almost 20 registered trademarks. Among them, the "Eight Eccentrics", "long time", "Jinz Hao" is of Jiangsu Province in 2003-2004, as recommended by the consumer of the brand. Many bosses soon sighed, I did not even Jiangdu brand shoes make the dress for others to scale, the standard is very difficult. have now is our own brand, the greater feel hard drive is bigger.
Jiangdu shoes in the 80s were brilliant, was known as "The Chinese have a hole every 15 Jiangdu shoes." In 1995 the Soviet government began Jiangdu in the area in the shoe market, Commerce City, built after several years of footwear market to take shape, Jiangsu Province, the largest center and wholesale distribution of footwear. Industry trade of the city of shoes to 388 households, their own production companies with 388 shoes daily about 50,000 pairs of shoes direct subsidies on the ground, the annual turnover of 13 billion dollars. The hot shoe material shoe market has led the rise, users of the City of cases pending more than 170 shoe materials, have an annual turnover of U.S. $ billion. Jiangdu footwear leader raised again long, the famous production base of shoes. The development of large shoes and Jiangdu some well-known national brands, manufacturers of production licenses are locked, was the boat to the sea once common practice. Over the first phase of this approach proved successful, allow access to the development of the shoe Jiangdu the first race, asked the town, and gradually formed the basic equipment, industrial employment and industrial benefits. But after the company of a certain size, so the production boat into the sea of thought difficult to achieve its own brand development as a bottleneck limiting growth. Jiangdu Wenzhou shoes and leather shoes began almost at the same time allowed by the development of the brand. At that time something together at the mall, people call our "boss" is the trade-chief of the city a number of precedents Youda joked spoke. Wenzhou has become the largest manufacturer of shoes and processing bases, with their more famous brands of shoes, many companies in the chain of production, daily production of over 10,000 pairs of shoes. The shoe manufacturer Nissan Jiangdu only in the more than 1,000 pairs of shoes to the main reason for the difference is not his own brand, can not as a separate market.
Chun Xiao Mian is felt in America. Brands, brand, now in the business city business depot first. In particular, last year's "Eight Eccentrics" of Yangzhou City is received after the famous brand with the name, also a tremendous response to the commercial city. In addition to the brand revitalization of the city, georganiseerd business three times this year to promote the discussion with the owners of trademarks and legal awareness further and donations explain mercenaries specialized agency a registered trademark is exclusive to declare this year to more than 10 companies a trademark much higher than in previous years. Currently, "get employees," the "Eight Eccentrics" and Jin Zihao companies and others to get higher spending for advertising on its own brand.

Patents | Microsoft agrees to license the patents on Mobile

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Microsoft announced today to explore a break from the mobile industry continues to life on the other side of the room as a licensee.
The company agreed to license patents from what many heard as the ultimate mockery troll patents. Acacia, after the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft has announced, not how much they paid for the licenses, but they account for 74 patents from Acacia, and Access, PalmSource acquired back in the day and agreed to license terms Acacia run instead on his behalf.
Acacia has a long history of mounting patents and prosecution of those who think he has a conflict with these patents. They took the video streaming company, Wi-Fi on the application form pages and a new licensing technology from Microsoft Windows.
The patents that are the subject of this contract "refers to smartphones," said the report Journal and are probably the same people that in studies that Acacia has filed in Texas against Apple, RIM and Motorola are among others involved.
Microsoft landed on the aggressor game patent disputes at the end, more recently, Motorola continues for patent infringement. He also negotiated a patent license agreement with HTC and warned all who hear that Google Android mobile phone software isn t as free as it seems, would be more for the Android mobile phone maker might mean in sight.

Law on Copyright | Patents: An Overview

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Copyright is a law protecting property, that any kind of literary works such as literary, music, films, sound recordings, artistic and dramatic protection of the original author or creator. The law comes into operation as soon as the work is created. This law helps to safeguard the rights of authors and creators.
Copyright Works
Includes literary works, poems, stories shorts, business letters, books, novels and any other type of original writing. dramatic dance, mime and sounds. Musical works are rhymes, notes, and materials that affect the human ear, such as harmonics or bands. Artistic works include photographs, sculpture, architecture and graphics. Film and sound recording or transmission of the soundtrack and drama that goes into making films.
Copyright Infringement
Any kind of recreation of this work is considered a violation of copyright and copyright comes in. The copyright does not protect ideas or patents. Patents are protected by a patent.
Copyright in a literary work, once it is made. However, there is a great idea, the copyright of the material to protect the copyrights after the job is done, can not accidentally re-use can be avoided. In addition, a register of work in an office of copyright security. This is especially true for a number of important literary works, or innovative work or other heavy workload, including novels, new research results, a good story, and much more. If a work is recorded in the Copyright Office, claims of ownership or an action against abuse of copyrighted material can be successfully treated.
There are several options for registration of copyrights on-line registration and a paper record of a few, and it costs less than $ 100 in fees.
Action
If you believe that a work was stolen and replicated elsewhere, may be an action for infringement of copyright for use. However, it is incumbent upon the applicant to prove that the material originally created by himself and prove that copyright was returned to another party, to work. If the device is registered with the Copyright Office, it is easier to claim victory, but if it is not registered should be the case if a lawyer to represent.
If we must begin with an important literary and artistic production, a high value, and when you consider that the loss of expensive work financially, the lawyer-author can ensure that the device is protected from the beginning and rent take sufficient precautionary measures to avoid accidental or intentional injury.
The pressure is directly under the authority of the copyright. However, it has the value of the pressure from the set too high. Thus, the impact of the breach of copyright will also vary depending on the value and nature of matter. It is always a good habit to immediately save and print with the copyright office for administrative and legal financial damage that may occur in the future.

How to patent an idea | How your invention patent or idea

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Creativity and imagination are qualities that we all develop with, born in some people these qualities are a bit faster compared to other tilt. Fantasy us has inherent desire to overcome obstacles and fueled to improve the tools available today, creativity on the other hand, allows us to create and implement the ideas we have developed.
The method of the invention, it is pleasant and helpful, but when it comes to a patent that you are the rightful owner of your creations and ideas in the field changes. The first step in obtaining a patent on the online database on the website of the government, which is responsible for maintaining all these data to search, you can instantly when your idea is already patented or whether it is t.
U.S. Patent Office is responsible for maintaining all records of invention and ideas, their website address uspto.gov required all documents and applications for a new patent process both online and offline sources available. These forms of themselves or with help of an attorney can be complete if you do not feel very comfortable with the process, but the forms are simple, the information about the inventor, description, functionality, ie, drawings or maps, and more the patented idea. The forms you need to choose from its value, planning and design, each designed for a particular type of invention or idea.
You must also realize that it will be a fee for processing the papers. Once the data in hand, you can submit the form, whether electronically or in person. The person who assesses the form of reviews in the name of the company, the provided information and if your idea is unique as a patent that protects your rights and allows you to legally receive a credit for your work.
The next step is an organization, the inventors to develop and market their ideas to help you, your product in full force to be on the market.
Another fact you should know is that this kind of protection, not least, protected, depending on the application of your idea is either 14 or 20 years. Twenty years of protection applies to the protection of plant life is utility / for 14 years for design patents.
Always patient and optimistic about the outcome of your application good luck!

Inventions | Take your invention idea to market

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A key to success is the inventor, how to sell your invention. Not all inventions are good. The good, much less great. Studies show that at best 20% to sell inventions to market. You, as inventors are the basis for invention ideas to sell.
One of the first things to know when it is to sell your invention that try to sell you. The best way to find out is that the market for products similar to control. Go to stores and distributors selling your new invention, and the study of the products, like him. Look at the packaging, check the manufacturer's information and see how and where it is displayed.
Another important thing to do is make sure you shall not steal ideas from someone else's invention. You can not sell your invention if it isn 't sell. A quick search of the patent will ensure that your invention is novel idea and sell your invention without fear of a major lawsuit.
Google offers a search engine patent allows you to search more than 7 million patents. At some point you decide to invest in a detailed patent search.
Once you know, the idea that it is invention that at the beginning really in the details as you dig sell your invention. With whom would you sell? Who would? Do you sell directly to customers through a distribution network or the end? All this will help you find the best way your invention to get determine the position on the market.
An Overview of 4P marketing helps you make the right decisions in order to sell your invention.
Product * – This is your invention. Is it to solve a problem or need?
* Prices – How will you price your invention? The price includes all costs of preparing, packaging and distribution of your invention and products more attractive to potential customers?
* Location – Here you will sell your invention. Is it in a shop in the Internet, or through a dealer?
* Promotions – is the action of the message that you to sell your invention. This includes advertising, public relations, marketing campaigns and buzz marketing.
These are just some of the basic principles involved in the sale of invention ideas. There are several others that can help you succeed as an inventor, but they are what you really need to understand the process from the line.
In response to the question "How can I sell my invention" brings a question to other questions on the process of invention. Some other questions: "How can I protect my invention ideas" and "partner or should I do it."
Invention, seek help so that you also learn when and how to patent an invention. There are several alternatives for the protection of intellectual property, patents are usually the best known. Learn the basics of intellectual property protection, so you can do well in this highly specialized field to find.
If you understand the basics of the method of the invention to assist in particular in the areas of marketing and the right team to navigate through the protection of intellectual property, you will be an important step to live your your invention using the market society a better place.

2010年10月8日 星期五

Patents | your logo with the name of your competitor … Pins and you can …

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After so much hard work and dedication to building your brand and create an image of your company in the world, suddenly, as you see your logo on the name of the competitor is obviously a heart attack. But who is responsible? Have you ever wondered? I never think.
Well this is the right time to do this and I'm here to help you strength. But a logo is the most important organ of a society. Something that made the company grow and prosper in a highly competitive market. In such a situation, if we take it for granted that mean that you keep your business for granted and believe me it's not a good idea.
The first step to success is to patent your product is very important. Your competitors could be the pro of your carelessness attitude and the product patent on his behalf. All you have is your competitor to your Pinnacle product to see achieved.
You must keep your eyes open one way, the logo and brand was designed by you do not see copies of your competitors. It is your responsibility, given the current state of knowledge of trade and their evolution remain. If it is not possible, the work itself, he can hire someone to keep an eye or a company trying to imitate pregnant or love with.
Another option is a company that will help you to choose your own logo on. The company has an ability to facilities which WATERMARK the defending champion and change your product alone provides. An inexpensive, familiar, business education is what you should go.
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Patent Protection | Patent Protection Key To Windows Phone License

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Microsoft may be one of the only remaining mobile operating-system providers that charges handset makers a licensing fee, but in exchange vendors get at least one important benefit: protection from intellectual property worries.
That could be one reason that Samsung, HTC and LG are willing to pay to use Windows Phone 7, but it doesn’t appear to be enough to convince other former Windows Mobile users, like Motorola, to commit to the operating system. The fee could also reduce the number of models that handset makers build using the software.
The first phones running Microsoft’s revamped Windows Phone 7 software are expected to come out in October. The majority of early reviews of demo phones have been positive. But Microsoft has tough new competition from the popular iPhone and the fast-growing Android platform.
Despite that competition, Microsoft is in the unique position of being the only remaining major smartphone operating-system developer that charges for the use of the software. Android and Symbian are both free. Palm, recently bought by Hewlett-Packard, no longer licenses its operating system to other manufacturers. Apple and Research In Motion have their own software that they use exclusively on their own hardware.
Microsoft says there are some clear advantages for handset makers that pay for the operating system.
“Our hardware partners are lining up to deliver these phones because they know free is never really free,” a Microsoft spokesperson said through the company’s public relations representative. “When you’re creating a phone, the cost of licensing the operating system is only the beginning, because there are plenty of other development costs.”
While Microsoft offers support to handset makers as they integrate the software into their hardware, developers of free operating systems, like Google, don’t. Some hardware vendors using Android have said that investment can be significant.
Microsoft also offers “a better managed and coordinated ecosystem that might improve the chances of success for the entire platform,” said Al Hilwa, an analyst with IDC. Microsoft’s closely controlled environment leaves little room for the fragmentation that is plaguing Android.
But one of the most important things that Microsoft may offer handset makers in exchange for the licensing fee is intellectual property protection.
“Microsoft indemnifies its Windows Phone 7 licensees against patent infringement claims,” the company said. “We stand behind our product, and step up to our responsibility to clear the necessary IP rights.”
That could become a key differentiator for the company.
“Microsoft has one of the largest IP portfolios out there, so you are very well-protected,” said Chris Hazelton, an analyst with The 451 Group.
Hilwa agrees. “The Java/Android lawsuit highlights some of the risks of not having IP protection,” he said via e-mail.
In August, Oracle sued Google, saying that the way Android handles Java infringes its patents. While the suit could take years to settle, it has some people worried about whether someone — Google or handset makers — will ultimately be on the hook for licensing intellectual property.
Oracle isn’t the only company threatening Android. Earlier this year HTC said that it had licensed patents from Microsoft for use in the phone maker’s Android products. Microsoft said that it was talking to other vendors too about its concerns related to the use of Android.
It’s not clear how much IP indemnification is worth to handset makers. Microsoft declined to reveal how much it charges to license its mobile OS. Hazelton has seen estimates as high as US$12 per phone for previous versions of Windows Mobile. “That’s quite a bit of money when you’re talking about a handset where margins may be pretty thin,” he said.
But current market circumstances and other factors could be forcing that fee lower, he said. Microsoft could offer vendors discounts for preventing end-users from switching the default search engine away from Bing, for example.
Other factors could ultimately impact the licensing fee too. “It may well be that Microsoft has to tinker with these fees over time as its monetization strategy becomes more sophisticated around apps, content, advertising, mobile payments, etc.,” Hilwa said.
Despite the benefits, some handset makers may think twice about releasing lots of Windows Phones because of the fee.
“The fact that device makers have to pay for [Windows Phone 7] OS licenses is definitely going to give some pause,” Hilwa said.
Motorola, which has used Windows Mobile in the past but has most recently focused almost exclusively on Android, sounds unlikely to make Windows Phone 7 devices. In response to questions about plans to make Windows Phone 7 devices, Motorola said that it remains focused on Android.
Motorola has built on top of Android in an effort to differentiate its products, something handset makers can’t do with Windows Phone 7. “If you want to differentiate, the issue is you can’t build on top of Windows Phone 7,” Hazelton said.
The benefits of paying the licensing fee don’t appear to be clear to Motorola. “Microsoft has a value-based model. Their perception is that they create value in the OS and people will pay. That’s a fine point,” said Sandeep Sinha, a director at Motorola, at the TechNW conference in Seattle on Monday. “Right now, I don’t know the value between Windows Phone 7 and Android.”
Nancy Gohring covers mobile phones and cloud computing for The IDG News Service. Follow Nancy on Twitter at @idgnancy . Nancy’s e-mail address is Nancy_Gohring@idg.com

Intellectual Property Infringement | The Challenges Of Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO)

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Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) refers to any processes or steps of work that are performed out of a country to a third party that supports the delivery of legal services. These processes or steps may range from simple steps to a highly complex delivery models. As the modern society gets more complex with modern regulations, the requirements of such services may originate from law firms, corporate, individuals, Independent Attorneys or even Government Sector. One estimate puts the market of LPO currently to be USD 250 million to grow to USD 640 million by the end of 2010 and further annual growth of USD 146 million per annum. And it seems highly predictable that majority of the share will be captured by India, having population that is generally good in English with significant costs differential as well.
LPO services offer certain definite advantages. The foremost of the same is costs savings. There are substantial costs differences between engaging an Attorney in a country like U.S., to that of country like India. Whereas, a specialized Attorney in U.S. may charge clients up to USD 400 per hour of work, in India we will see the whole projects spreading over several hours can be completed for the same billing amount. In fact, a well educated experienced Attorney can be hired in India for full time for as little as USD 1200/ to USD 1500/- per month working 45 hrs a week. When Companies realize such a huge difference in payment, they are willing to take a bit of risk and start looking for outsourcing partner. They are willing to compromise a bit on quality in the beginning. They would hope that with training Attorneys the anticipated gap in quality of work would go down and they would be able to reap substantial benefits in 6- 8 months. The Companies and law firms tend to ship the work that is of less risk, regular and repetitive in nature. In this tough economic environment, it makes all the sense to ship out regular, repetitive work offshore.
The second advantage of off-shoring the work is also the timeliness and sincerity that goes into the work. An in-house employee is more likely to get bored doing mundane work. Initially, an in-house employee will yield more productive, but over certain duration, it will be noted that timeliness as well as commitment to work will go down for a job that is non-challenging for an employee. It has been noted that work shipped to offshore entity is more likely to be done in time and with vigor as it is not a job for an offshore entity, but is a business. One of the very famous off shoring LPO mentioned that they are willing to get graduates and post-graduates do the document review (that can be done by a paralegal person in U.S.), with continued interest over a long period of time, whereas for their head office they would hardly get legal people to maintain their interest. For a lawyer in India, a document review may be a career in itself that s/he will think of working throughout her/his life.
The other advantage of a LPO business is variety of solutions that are offered by an outsourcing partner. The outsourcing partners deal with number of customers and have experience in industry. They use modern IT tools and sometimes come with easy solutions in solving complex problems. For example, an outsourcer would have latest designing tools to draw figures that go into patent applications. Or they would be subscribed to latest databases that give summary of latest judgments on a particular subject matter.
The formidable advantages that Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) offers do not come without set of its challenges and if not handled properly the LPO advantages can turn into nightmare. Therefore it is very important how an outsourcer chooses it’s outsourcing partner. There are number of points that an outsourcer has to keep in mind and foremost among them is the legal experience of the partner. We should look closely at the management team and if they can offer people who are good in offering legal solutions and have experience in dealing with wide variety of matters. It becomes imperative that people who handle the cases have some requisite number of experiences in that particular field. Moreover, are they crisp in jotting down and delivering solutions that are required by your customer? Do they need constant supervision or can they work independently. The integrity of Management team is another important aspect that need a bit of probing. What is the track record of people on the helm of affairs in the outsourcing entity? Are they committed in delivering solutions on time? An outsourcing partner should also go beyond the educational background of the team that supports it. A country like India could also have people come from the educational background that looks very attractive, but because of poor quality of education they received, they will not be able to perform the requisite job. It is imperative to see on the job performance of the candidate before committing to a long term work. This also brings us to the point of having easy exit clauses with your Legal Process Outsourcing partner, so that you are able to exit the arrangement as easily as possible, if required.
The other legal challenge that seems to have arisen in outsourcing high technology patent applications have arisen due the recent USPTO circular that says it has become aware of the outsourcing of patent prosecution and therefore published a notice (Fed. Reg. July 23, 2008, Vol. 73, Number 124, Page 42781) in the Federal Register, reminding patent applicants to comply with the existing laws. The two primary sets of export control laws are the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). While outsourcing has become somewhat of a national trend, outsourcing patent work has the potential for severe criminal and civil penalties and the responsibility falls upon the exporter to determine if an export license is required under either ITAR or EAR. Disclosing sensitive technology to any foreigner, even if within the United States, may violate federal law. A counsel experienced in export control matters can help avoid inadvertent violation and the possibility of criminal and civil sanctions. The Patent Outsourcing work (consider a big part of Legal Process Outsourcing) thus may be subject to U.S. Export Control laws and has to be adjudged on a case to case basis.
One of the reasons, several customers / law firms are moving towards engaging law firms as their outsourcing partner is because it provides for privilege communications. If there happens to be clients/ customer data that needs to be shipped to an outside country and it has potential of containing self incriminating information, it gets protected under the Attorney-Client Privilege laws of most of the countries. Similarly, the Attorneys and law firms need not be bound specially by Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs). There is a greater presumption of outsourcer’s data remaining protected and not leaking out of the networks in case of law firms being your outsourcing partner.
In terms of Legal Process Outsourcing, immense opportunities and wide variety exists for solutions and cannot be enumerated in this article. However, we will attempt to jot down certain important segments where already we find commercial activities taking place. The following are some of the segments in Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) to watch for:
1. Intellectual Property Outsourcing: Drafting, Preparation & Filing of Patent Applications for USPTO; Preparation, Filing of Trademark Applications; Patent & Trademark searches; Preparation of Figures & Drawings using advance commercial software; Preparation of Design Patent Application; Infringement Opinions; Patent proof reading.
2. Litigation Support: Drafting legal suits, motions, pleadings, reply to motions, legal notices, C&D’s, recovery and mortgage related notices, Deposition and other transcriptions and E-Discovery and Document Review processes.
3. Contract Management: Corporate and Personal contract drafting, vetting and negotiations. The end products are perfectly formatted to suit the needs of customers.
4. Paralegal Support: Document /Record Archival & Retrieval, Summary writing, Case Management, Lawyer’s calendar management, billing services, data entry.
Again to re-emphasize, the above list is not an exhaustive one. Various new opportunities exist frequently. For example, one of the premier law firms based in New Delhi, India recently got an opportunity to do a Real Estate/ property due-diligence work. They were trained online on how they could do a property due-diligence based on 10 points on various Government databases available online. They started with a modest headcount of 2 employees. The contract now envisages a headcount of 50 experience lawyers over a period of 1 year. This shows the faith in the quality of output being generated by Indian lawyers.

How To Patent An Idea | Bagging A Trip Down Under

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Don’t bother calling Andrea Vincent of Cotati between 4 and 5 p.m. She’s busy watching Oprah. And in December, she’ll be with the talk show host and about 300 other Oprah fans in Australia after it was announced – during the taping of a show Vincent was at – the entire audience would be flown to the Land Down Under.
Vincent was selected to attend the taping of the season premiere of the show’s last season, which aired Sept. 13, after submitting an application showing how the show has inspired her. It was an April 2008 episode focusing on Earth Day that moved her to invent the Veggie Bed, an alternative to plastic bags for vegetables bought at a supermarket.
“I kept looking at all these plastic bags thinking, ‘where’s this going, where’s that going,’” she said. And when she mentioned it to the checker at the market he suggested she invent an alternative. So she did.
The episode, particularly an image of a stork with a plastic bag over its head, “upset me so deeply,” that she called her friend Carlos Lee and asked how to patent an idea, and she then asked if he’d like to be CEO of her new company. He agreed and together they created the Veggie Bed.
The big showWhen she received a call from Oprah’s production company Harpo Productions, Vincent was a surprised, but coolly explained her product and how she was moved to create it after seeing the Earth Day episode. She was later notified that she was invited to attend the taping and worked out her schedule and finances to accommodate the trip to Chicago.
On the show, Oprah mused about past giveaways and stoked audience members’ hopes. Each possibility she brought up gave way to cheers and shouts. But when she said, “The other side of the world,” the audience erupted as she continued, “we’re going to Australia!”
Then a plane fuselage popped out from back stage, the door opening to reveal actor John Travolta, a certified pilot who will be flying the whole group to Australia.
After the announcement, Vincent was excited, nervous and a little scared. After Oprah mentioned other trips she had given away to audience members, particularly one to Philadelphia, the Cotatian was afraid she might be leaving right then and there, from the Chicago studio. “I thought, ‘what are we going to do with the kids?’”
But it’s OK. She’ll have time to plan for that and other necessities for the December trip, like getting a passport. This will be her first time out of the country.
Chance to make a differenceAs one might expect, the publicity has been great for her product. It’s available now at local grocery stores, but Vincent’s having to fill extra orders because they keep selling out. She’s going to begin selling them on her Web site soon (theveggiebed.com) and will even expand the product line.
The money would be nice, because like many Americans, the Vincent family has been affected by the mortgage crisis. And as a breast cancer survivor, it’s vital to have insurance to keep her health in good standing.
But it’s not all about that, says Andrea Vincent. The plastic island floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing, and plastic bags are a big culprit. She says by using a Veggie Bed on every grocery trip instead of plastic produce bags, it would save up to 1,000 bags per year. And with cities like San Francisco banning plastic bags, and California considering the idea, she seems to be onto something with her idea.
Though she was chosen because the show inspired her idea, Vincent was quick to point out that Harpo Productions doesn’t officially endorse the Veggie Bag. But if she were to get on camera while in Australia, it would be great to have that chance at the Barrier Reef, which she says would illustrate why she feels her invention is so vital.
“It would mean a lot to me to see that part of the ocean, because that’s what I’m really trying to do, is help the ocean,” she said.
Life at homeThings at home are still pretty much the same. Her husband, Dave, and daughters Trinity, 8, and Cheyenne, 5, won’t all be going with her to Australia, but other than that, it’s just another day on the ranch. Moondoggy Ranch, that is. It’s Vincent’s dog care and boarding business.
The ranch saved her from a “corporate world,” she says, but she wouldn’t mind the inventing business full time. She’s been in the dog world for 13 years now in the North Bay.

Intellectual Property Law Firm | Tech Valley Patent Index third quarter declined slightly, but still very high …

Albany, NY (10/06/2010) (read media) – Hoffman LLC Warnicke (HW), an intellectual property firm in Albany, New York, with another office in Rochester, NY, has the Tech Valley Patent indices published for the third quarter 2010th "The Tech Valley Patent Index" state: the Capital Region (Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga and Rensselaer Counties), Tech Valley Tech Valley without IBM and GE and the Capital Region without GE.
In the third quarter, evidence of attempts by the patent office to cope with their residue remains visible high in the patent issues for all indices Tech Valley Patent. "It really is an excellent indicator of success in the Tech Valley figures in this quarter: excludes Tech Valley Patent Index, IBM and GE have set a new record." Spencer said Warnick, a partner at Hoffman Warnicke Warnicke said "This result shows that Tech Valley is not just a horse with two others, there are many high-tech companies that actively invest more in research and development of these patents are proof. .
The patent of the district "has been chosen to illustrate first hand the creativity of the inventor Valley Tech. Quarter, attributed to the POQ "Nanostructured coatings, the process for producing nano-structured layers, and asks." U.S. Patent No. 7785657 issued issued to San Ming Yang and Michael LoCasio for the patent 31st August 2010. The patent is on Evident Technologies, which is assigned to a client of Hoffman Warnick.
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