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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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, chiming in with our initial update for the week. Earlier Monday, a Innovation Direct™ representative attempted follow-up via e-mail with the California-based licensee of a trucking accessory. The company and the inventor, with the assistance of Innovation Direct™, had executed a licensing agreement for the invention back in April 2007. The last interaction we had with the manufacturer dated...
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Good evening, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking back in one final time for a very busy Friday. Late this afternoon, the Innovation Direct™ representative that managed the long-standing interest in a sporting goods accessory from an India-based manufacturer, which is now officially terminated, sent an e-mail regarding the product to an individual with close ties to the new United Football League,...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in with an update on a previously licensed product. Earlier Friday, a Innovation Direct™ representative sent a letter officially dissolving a licensing agreement for a consumer electronics product that had been officially licensed by an Illinois-based manufacturer back in August 2006. This action came at the request of the inventor, who had been attempting...
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Good evening, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, back once again with another update. Earlier Friday, Innovation Direct™ sent a Florida-based manufacturer that had requested access to detailed information on a consumer electronics accessory several weeks ago a follow-up letter and second copy of a non-disclosure agreement. We had originally reported on this situation in a February 19th posting (“Innovation Direct™ inventor’s...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, chiming in with our latest update regarding a situation we had most recently reported on in a posting on March 16th (“Update: Innovation Direct™ sends e-mail with new deadline for response to India-based sporting goods manufacturer…“). Earlier Friday, the Innovation Direct™ representative managing the long-standing interest shown in a sporting goods accessory by an India-based...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, chiming in with our latest update. Earlier Friday, Innovation Direct™ attempted a telephone follow-up with the president of an Arizona-based manufacturer that has a long-standing advanced level of interest in an automotive accessory from our roster. We had most recently reported on our follow-up efforts with regards to this company in a March 17th posting...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking in once more with an update. Earlier Thursday, the Innovation Direct™ representative that had recently attempted to make contact with several companies that had been exhibitors at last year’s National Hardware Show sent an e-mail to the president of one of the companies, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer and marketer of a wide variety of merchandise that...
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Hello, Juan C. Blanco, Innovation Direct™’s Director of Product Licensing, checking back in once more with an update. Earlier Thursday, the Innovation Direct™ representative managing the Innovation Direct To Industry™ account of a Texas-based plumbing products manufacturer sent an e-mail requesting an update to the company’s Director of Strategic Initiatives. Specifically, our colleague wanted to know the outcome of the company’s legal department’s response to...
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