Good evening, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking back in once again with an update on our follow-up efforts on behalf of products we have previously assisted in licensing. Earlier Wednesday, Innovation Direct™ sent an e-mail to our contact at a Michigan-based manufacturer requesting an update on the status of a food and drink accessory, the Pop A Top, that they...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking back in with the latest. Earlier Wednesday, Innovation Direct™ sent an e-mail to the president of a Missouri-based company that had licensed a lawn and garden product, the Rock and Mulch Guard, in early 2006 from our roster. The purpose of the correspondence was to determine whether the company has successfully launched production of...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, chiming back in with an update on a previously licensed hardware product. Earlier Wednesday, Innovation Direct™ sent an e-mail to the principal of a Georgia-based manufacturer that had licensed a hardware accessory, the Power Pull Bar, from our roster in July 2007. The purpose of the correspondence was to obtain an update from the company...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, back once more with an update on our company’s participation in the International Home and Housewares Show 2009. Earlier Tuesday, our trade show representative chimed in with an extensive update and informed us that the latter half of the third and final day of the event had proved to be considerably productive in terms of...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking back in with an update on a situation we had just reported on in an entry yesterday (“Innovation Direct™ attempts follow-up with California-based licensee of trucking accessory…“). Earlier Tuesday, the Innovation Direct™ representative that had e-mailed the California-based company that was the subject of that posting requesting an update on a previously licensed trucking...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, chiming back in with our latest report involving our follow-up efforts with respect to inventions we have previously assisted in licensing. On this occasion, the company is a California-based outfit specializing in pool accesories who had licensed the Cover Rake invention from our roster in July 2007. The manufacturer, whose company slogan is “Innovation at...
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Good day, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking back with a brief update on a situation we’d last reported on in a March 19th posting (“Update: Innovation Direct™ attempts follow-up with Texas-based Innovation Direct To Industry™ company regarding exclusive developmental licensing agreement…“). Earlier Tuesday, the Innovation Direct™ representative managing the Innovation Direct To Industry™ account of the company that was the...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, here with an Innovation Direct To Industry™-related update. Earlier Monday, the Innovation Direct™ representative managing the Innovation Direct To Industry™ account of a Massachusetts-based manufacturer that we had originally met at last July’s ASI Show Chicago sent a follow-up e-mail to the two principals of the company that serve as his contacts. We had last...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking back in with an update on our initial day of participation at the International Home and Housewares Show 2009 at the McCormick Place in Chicago. Our trade show contingent reports that despite a weakened economy, this year’s proceedings appear to be as well attended as past editions of the event, and the official numbers...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, back once more with a quick update. Earlier Monday, a Innovation Direct™ representative, at the request of the inventor of a baby accessory on our roster, began the process of looking into the invention submission policies of three major manufacturers in the infant products industry. Our colleague conducted internet research through the respective websites of...
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