Inventing only feels like you’re under water

The New Environment for Independent Inventors

My Background

External Open InnovationDirector at Lifetime Brands

Open Innovation Director at TTI Group North America

President of The UnitedInventors Association

www.monasheemarketing.comwww.powertoolinnovation.com

18,000 products 32 Brands8 Divisions

TTI World Wide

The United Inventors Association of America

Inventing only feels like you’re under water

The Inventing Industry at a Glance

The Choice No One Gets to Avoid

Preparing for product licensing

•Taking a Professional Approach

•Understanding Industry Guidelines

•Vetting the product to retail

•Developing a working Prototype – Proving Function

•CAD Files and Photos

•Securing Intellectual Property

•Sell Sheets (Retail and/or Manufacturing)

•Using an NDA to protect yourself.

The QVC Sprouts ProgramUSPTO UIA Presentation

March 27th 2012

Inventors compete to be selected by QVC Web users

Winners each week are selected to be sold on the QVC Web site

If Web sales reach a pre-set level Inventors are given a PO and an On Air slot.

Program developed with the UIA to ensure success of the inventor and an educational bond established with submission companies.

Inventor Crowd Funding…USPTO UIA Presentation

March 27th 2012

Inventors receive donation funding fromthe “Crowd”

Not a Loan, Not an Investment