The Inventors Network of the Capital Area (INCA) is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1993. Our members are interested in patents, the innovation process, product design, marketing, licensing, prototyping and other product development issues. Every month we host a meeting with a speaker and time for experienced and beginning inventors to network.The meetings are usually held third Mondays of the month at the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library in Falls Church, Virginia. Private sector …

This inventor workshop HELPS inventors develop, design, prototype, and PROTECT their inventions. Patent Attorney/Inventor/Engineer/ provides tips to help inventors PROTECT and PROFIT from their inventions.   www.jjosephpatentlaw.com

… You can go one step further and remove the need for patents. A fixed linear time-line in the length of patents while discoveries are growing exponentially is ridiculous. Research companies could receive ARRs (Auction Revenue Rights). This would mean that when a forward auction clears for, say depression treatment, a research company that discovered drug A would receive a percent of the dollars given into the market by the purchasers of depression treatment futures equal to the percent of prescri …