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WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Concept Discovery: Expert One-on-One Counseling Sessions SOLD OUT
Don Kelly, founding Principal of Intellectual Asset Management Associates, LLC and co-founder of the United Inventors Association
10:00am-2:00pm (15 minute sessions)
Marketing Challenges for the Technical Inventor
Bonnie Griffin Kaake, President/CEO of Innovative Consulting Group
10:15am-11:00am
Feasibility: Feasibility of an Idea and Steps to Take
Louis Foreman, Chief Executive of Enventys, Publisher of Inventors Digest, and Executive Producer of Everyday Edisons
11:15am-12:15pm
Protection: Protect Your Invention through Patent, Trademark and Copyright
Janine D. Geraigery, registered Patent Attorney, Principal of Law Offices of J.D. Geraigery, and founder of LegalLady.com
John Calvert, Administrator of the Inventor Assistance Center at the USPTO
12:30pm-1:30pm
Development: Product Development, Manufacturing and Strategic Sourcing
Darleen Flaig, founder of Product Solutions International, Inc.
1:45pm-2:45pm
Infomercial Marketing: Direct Television Marketing through Infomercials
Eunjung Lee, Managing Director of Cannella Response Television
3:00pm-4:00pm
Marketing & Licensing: Which is right for you?
Dave Cormier and Karyl Lynch of Pelham West Associates, product scouts for over 10 years
3:00pm-4:00pm
FEATURED SPEAKERS
| | | Don Kelly | 
[ register now ] | | Don Kelly is founding principal of Intellectual Asset Management Associates, LLC a full service patent agency and commercialization consultancy based in Alexandria, VA - - just steps from the USPTO. Don previously headed the Academy of Applied Science (with offices in Boston, Concord and Washington) and was adjunct professor at Franklin Pierce Law Center. Longtime champion of inventors and entrepreneurs, Kelly is co-founder of the United Inventors Association. His column “Out to Launch” is regularly featured in IP Frontline e-Magazine. Don Kelly’s intellectual property career spans many years of public service in US Patent Office positions ranging from Patent Examiner to Technology Center Director and Chief of Staff. Kelly studied Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and holds a BS-ME from VA Tech University, and was admitted to the US Patent Bar in 1982. Reach Don Kelly at http://www.patentagentplus.com/. | | | | |
| | | Bonnie Griffin Kaake | 
[ register now ] | | Bonnie Griffin Kaake has 30 years of marketing and marketing management experience. She is President/CEO of Innovative Consulting Group (ICG), founded in 1996. Her experience encompasses work with national and multi-national corporations, including the General Electric Company as well as new product innovators. She has won many awards for her work and she is a nationally published author on the topic of marketing. In addition, she guest lectures at the University of Colorado and speaks on the topic of innovative marketing nationwide. Bonnie has one patent and two patents pending. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration and is a graduate of General Electric Company’s Technical Marketing Program. She speaks both English and Spanish. Bonnie has been actively involved in the Rocky Mountain Inventors Association (www.RMinventor.org), is the current executive director and past president of the internationally known and prestigious United Inventors Association (http://www.uiausa.org/). In addition, she is on the advisory board for Inventors Digest Magazine. ICG offers marketing services to businesses and to new product developers who want the most effective results from their marketing efforts. Bonnie and her staff have been responsible for the successful marketing of many new products and businesses as well as working with angel investors and producing business and marketing plans. The company specializes in consulting in the area of innovative product marketing and works as a turnkey, out-sourced marketing department for many of its clients. 303-980-5567, http://www.biz-consult.com/, e-mail:
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| | | Louis Foreman |  [ register now ] | | Louis Foreman is founder and Chief Executive of Enventys, an integrated product design and engineering firm with offices in Charlotte, NC and Taiwan. Louis graduated from The University of Illinois with a Bachelors of Science degree in Economics. His interest in starting businesses and developing innovative products began while a sophomore with his first company founded in his fraternity room.
Over the past 20 years Louis has created 5 successful start-ups and has been directly responsible for the creation of over 10 others. A prolific inventor, he is the inventor of 9 registered US Patents, and his firm is responsible for the development and filing of well over 150 more.
The recipient of numerous awards for entrepreneurial achievement, his passion for small business extends beyond his own companies. Louis volunteers his time teaching small business classes at Central Piedmont Community College, and was just recently awarded the 2007 Instructor Achievement Award. He also gives back to the small business community by mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs. He is a frequent lecturer and radio / TV guest on the topics of small business creation and product development.
In addition to being an inventor, Louis is also committed to educating others on the topic of intellectual property. In 2007, Louis became the publisher of Inventors Digest, a 20 year old publication devoted to the topic of American Innovation. As a result of his expertise and passion, he has been invited by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to be a featured speaker on the topic of innovation for the past four Annual Independent Inventor Seminars.
Louis currently serves as a board member for the University of North Carolina Charlotte Technology Commercialization Committee, The Entrepreneurial Leadership Council at Queens University, The Central Piedmont Community College Small Business Advisory Board, as well as, serving other community and charitable organizations. In 2005, Louis was a founding member of The Inventors Network of the Carolinas, a non-profit organization that empowers inventors through education, support, and networking opportunities. Most recently, Louis is serving as the Executive Producer and judge for a new inventor’s TV show called Everyday Edisons. The show began airing nationally on PBS stations in May 2007. | | | | |
| | | Janine D. Geraigery |  [ register now ] | | Janine D. Geraigery is President and founder of the Law Offices of J.D. Geraigery, P.C., a boutique intellectual property law firm with offices in Cambridge and New York City. Janine is a registered United States Patent Attorney with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the George Washington University. She is also a licensed member of the Massachusetts and New York Bars. Janine represents domestic and international companies of all sizes, from virtually every industry sector including: software and database development, industrial technology, financial services and venture capital companies, jewelry industry, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, novelty consumer products industry, clothing designers and manufacturers, food, beverage and candy product manufacturers, and retail establishments. Since graduating from Suffolk University Law School, she has drafted over 500 patent, copyright and trademark applications. In 2007, she launched LegalLady.com, a unique online legal forum and learning center dedicated to helping women. | | | | |
| | | john calvert |  [ register now ] | | Mr. Calvert serves as Administrator for the Inventor Assistance Program at the US Patent and Trademark Office. His responsibilities include oversight for individual inventor programs, establishment of programs with inventor organizations, small business other federal agencies and educational outreach to all levels of schools from elementary through post graduate. John has been at the USPTO since 1990. During that period he has been a patent examiner, supervisory patent examiner and also served as Acting Director of the Office of Independent Inventor Programs for the Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Before joining the USPTO, John worked in the textile industry and attended NC State University where he pursued a Masters degree in Textile Management. Mr. Calvert has received numerous achievement awards, including the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for superior Federal service and the United States Patent and Trademark Office Exceptional Career Award. He has also received numerous Certificate of Achievement and Certificate of Recognition awards. Mr. Calvert completed studies in the Syracuse University, Maxwell School certificates program of Advanced Public Management and completed the Executive Development Seminar sponsored by the Office of Personnel Management. | | | | |
| | | Darleen Flaig |  [ register now ] | | Darleen Flaig founded Product Solutions International, Inc in late 1995. PSI acts as an out-sourced “Purchasing Department” by managing the global manufacturing, quality control, and shipment of consumer goods for its clients. Concentrating on household goods and giftware items, the Corporation specializes in products which combine several materials such as glass, metal, wood, bamboo, fabric, and resin / plastics in factories around the world. Prior to the founding of PSI, Darleen had been directing the development and manufacture of consumer products (from concept to carton) for major corporations since 1982. She has conducted business in more than 20 countries. Corporate projects include a wide variety of consumer products including: - A personal care line (skin creams, cosmetics, toiletries) for Japan- (annual sales exceeding $60 million.)
- A world wide educational toy line—annual sales $20 million
- A world wide costume jewelry line –annual sales $25 million
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| | | eunjung lee |  [ register now ] | | Eunjung Lee is the Managing Director of Cannella Response Television in New York. CRT is the oldest and one of the largest television direct marketing companies in the US. At any given time, CRT represents and manages the television media interests of the top 10 infomercials in the country. Before joining CRT in 2005, Eunjung was DRTV Director for Bates Worldwide from 1998-2004. At Bates, she managed all aspects of direct response/marketing media efforts including planning, buying and analysis of national/local broadcast, radio and print. All but one direct response television client at Bates were new entrants to DRTV. Clients included T.Rowe Price, Warner Lambert, Mapquest, ITT, Wyeth Ayerst, Carter Wallace and Hyundai.
She also served as Senior Media Planner/Buyer for Grey Direct Marketing Group from 1995-1998 where she planned, placed and analyzed national and local broadcast direct response television for clients such as Microsoft, Aetna/US Healthcare, Glaxo Wellcome, Chase Bank, Wells Fargo, SmithKline Beecham, 3M and Save the Children.
She studies East Asian Studies at Columbia University. | | | | |
| | | Dave Cormier & Karyl Lynch |  
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| | Product scouts for ten years, Dave Cormier and Karyl Lynch of Pelham West Associates identify products for their client companies. Independent inventors contact Pelham West with the intention of licensing their products to one of their clients.
They also provide consulting services to companies seeking to grow their businesses through the addition of new products. Their experience with product review, particularly in terms of market potential and concerns, is applied to an evaluation combining relevant market and manufacturing information.
Dave and Karyl have been judges for major invention competitions, including those sponsored by Proctor and Gamble, Dial Corporation, and CBS. They are frequent speakers at inventor organizations and conferences, including Yankee Invention Exposition and the Minnesota Inventors Congress and serve on the board for the not-for-profit United Inventors Association. They are partners in a small manufacturing company.
Pelham West has successfully matched a variety of products to multiple clients. One product won a Best New Product Award at the International Hardware Show. Their experience covers retail as well as commercial products. | | | | |
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