Cutting a ribbon

By David Harris
June 10, 2008  

Cambridge City Councilor Marjorie Decker along with LegalLady.com’s Janine Geraigery cut the ceremonial ribbon to open the recent Ingenuity Expo for inventors at MIT.  Over two dozen inventors were on hand to display their inventions and attend workshops on how to protect and market their inventions. This was the first Ingenuity Expo to be held annually, sponsored by Geraigery’s LegalLady.com.

From dream to reality

By Pat Cahill
May 28, 2008 

Carole A. Steele, of Florence, grew up gardening with her father. He used traditional garden tools, she recalls, but sometimes he found it easier to rely on a simple stick to draw furrows.  A year ago, Steele was working in her abundant 12-bed backyard garden when a plan clicked in her head. She could improve on that stick in a way that would combine several functions for the home gardener. She calls her trademarked invention the Gardeners' Rule.  This Saturday Steele will exhibit her invention at the "Ingenuity Expo" in Cambridge, where manufacturers, distributors, investors and the general public can see the results of some "lightbulb moments."  The Expo runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Stratton Student Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Admission to the exhibition, which is sponsored by LegalLady, is free. Workshops cost $15 each.  The experience has been an exciting one for Steele. With the help of her son, Jason R. Steele, she learned how an invention goes from an idea to the hands of a consumer.
"We had no clue," she says.

Inventor Hopes His Idea Will 'Get Off The Ground'

By Tom Goddu
May 27, 2008

Inventor/designer Tom Goddu of New Hartford is showing his invention, the Flight Cradle, at the first annual Ingenuity Expo this Saturday at MIT in Boston. The invention is a folding face cradle, which air travelers can use to rest and sleep on long flights. Additionally, the cradle section can be used as a neck pillow. The inventions can be previewed at the Expo website, www.ingenuityexpo.com, and the public can vote on the entries by choosing an invention and hitting the "results" button at the bottom of the list.

Point & Click

By Janine Geraigery
April, 2008

Nowhere is this more evident than with the proliferation of online companies aimed at helping individual inventors.  Traditionally, the path to patent protection begins with hiring a registered patent attorney, who files the necessary documents so inventors can be sure that their best interests are being looked after.  But now, with the emergence of what is commonly referred to as Web 2.0, inventors no longer have to stick with the traditional path.  Web 2.0 is the trend in online technology aimed at facilitating creativity and collaboration among a distinct community through usergenerated content and shared ideas.  In the inventor community, knowledge can be exchanged through blogs or open forums. At the United Inventors Association forum (uiausa. org/UIAForum), inventors can post questions and get answers from community professionals.

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