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Enterprise XR market - Lenovo's View and Impact of Vision Pro

Tantra's Mantra with Prakash Sangam - February 07, 2024 07:45 - 27 minutes
Apple's Vision Pro has the potential to change the XR landscape entirely because of its high-end feature set, pricing point, and ecosystem. Its impact on the consumer market is very profound. But not yet clear on the Enterprise market.  In this episode, I talk to Vishal Shah, GM of XR and Meta...

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How is I.P. managed when the government funds you to innovate?

Canadian IP voices - February 07, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutes
Grant Lynds, a senior advisor on IP matters from the IP Centre of Expertise, sheds light on the role of this group and how IP considerations are addressed in government funding agreements. Explore online: Canadian Intellectual Property Office Intellectual Property Centre of Expertise College...

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#378 - Movie lighting expert invents temperature controlled coffee mugs - Clay Alexander

Inventors Helping Inventors - February 05, 2024 08:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Clay Alexander. Clay Alexander hated too hot or too cold coffee. So, he invented Ember - temperature controlled coffee mugs. Next, he invented a self-heating baby bottle that provides the perfect temperature for baby. His company also created Ember Cubes to keep pharmaceuti...

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#377 - Is Your Product Compliant - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - February 01, 2024 08:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Is your product compliant - with all consumer product government safety requirements? Many products, especially toys, must be compliant with the CPSIA and also California Proposition 65. Your product may require an independent testing lab tests...

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Claim Construction: Building Strong Patent Foundations

​​Patently Strategic - Patent Strategy for Startups - January 31, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Claim construction is a process in which courts attempt to interpret the meaning and scope of the claims of a patent. It’s like reconstructing what an inventor and their practitioner meant back when they drafted the patent application. While your patent might not be tested in a court for many ye...

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#376 - Ask Alan Your Question - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - January 29, 2024 08:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Me on the Mike episode. Alan introduces a new feature on the podcast: your ability to have Alan answer your question on the podcast. Is there a question that's been needling you for a while - but you can't seem to find an answer? Ask Alan. Alan also shares previews of u...

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#375 - If You Don't Believe in Your Product - Who Will - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - January 25, 2024 08:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. It's imperative you believe in your product - if you wish to succeed as an inventor. Alan shares examples from Steve Jobs and Elon Musk that illustrate the power of strong belief in a product. Validate your belief with research that shows your ...

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#374 - Austin entrepreneur invents SaniBot to destroy COVID on floors - Duncan Ashworth

Inventors Helping Inventors - January 22, 2024 08:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Duncan Ashworth. Duncan Ashworth had a 41 year career in the semiconductor industry. After retiring, he began developing a Roomba-like robot that destroyed COVID on floors automatically. Today, he is testing his SaniBot robot that kills up to 100 pathogens in children's day...

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#373 - Podcast Year 5 - Your Ideas for Me - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - January 18, 2024 08:30 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. This episode marks the start of the fifth year of the podcast. Alan shares podcast statistics as to how this podcast differs from other invention podcasts. What ideas do you have? What do you like best and least about the podcast? What else wo...

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#372 - Former teacher invents games and toys to delight consumers of all ages - April Mitchell

Inventors Helping Inventors - January 15, 2024 08:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews April Mitchell. April Mitchell is a busy mom of 4 and a full time toy and game inventor - with 4 new products coming out in 2024. She taps her teaching skills to mentor, coach, and help other inventors. She encourages inventors to believe in themselves and not give up. M...

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#371 - Comfort or Success - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - January 11, 2024 08:30 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Which would you prefer: comfort or success? Pick one. As an inventor, if you prefer to choose success, you'll have to learn to be outside your comfort zone - a lot. It will be uncomfortable. Doing what you've always done is comfortable, but you...

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#370 - 3 Necessary Steps Inventors Hate to Take - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - January 08, 2024 08:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Me on the Mike episode. Alan shares 3 necessary steps you must take as an inventor to succeed. Unfortunately, many inventors choose not to take these steps - simply because they don't want to take them. For example, it is essential to research competitors extensively, b...

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#369 - Oh, the Places You'll Go - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - January 04, 2024 08:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Alan shares some vignettes from his inventor's journey. He invites you to consider - Oh, the Places You'll go - as an inventor. It truly is all about the journey - not the destination. This episode is a chance for you to reflect upon your journ...

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How to use IP for financing

Canadian IP voices - January 03, 2024 05:00 - 43 minutes
Kiriakoula Hatzikiriakos, Manager-Senior Legal Counsel in the Commercial/International sector of Legal Affairs at the National Bank of Canada, explains the rules and challenges of using IP as a collateral for funding. Explore online: BLOG | koulah Intellectual Property-Backed Financing | BDC....

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#368 – Former NFL football player invents a better solution for asthmatics – Darryl Carter

Inventors Helping Inventors - January 01, 2024 08:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Darryl Carter. In 1997, when Darryl Carter suffered a severe asthma attack, his asthma inhaler was empty - sending him to the hospital for 3 weeks. He invented a better solution: an asthma case with an easy to read puff counter and a place for pills. His AIR case invention ...

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#367 - Henry Ford Success Maxim - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - December 28, 2023 08:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Henry Ford said, "If you think you can or you think you can't - either way, you're right." Two key elements that affect your mindset and ultimate success are: confirmation bias and the principle of attraction. Your mental mindset is the biggest...

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#366 - Georgia inventor takes her bathroom decor invention to Kickstarter - Rhonda Mason

Inventors Helping Inventors - December 25, 2023 08:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Rhonda Mason. Rhonda observed that often elegant bathroom decors featured something ugly - a "roll on a pole" toilet paper dispenser. She invented TP Suites - easy access to 3 rolls of toilet paper discreetly stored in an elegant dispenser. She's taking her product to marke...

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#365 - Waiting for the Lights to Turn Green - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - December 21, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Alan takes a deep dive into the motivations behind action takers versus those give excuses. Some inventors tend to act - while others offer excuses. Alan shares 3 of the most common excuses offered by the latter and how to take an honesty check t...

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Key takeaways from Marvell Technology Industry Analyst Day 2023

Tantra's Mantra with Prakash Sangam - December 21, 2023 07:09 - 32 minutes
In this episode, fellow analyst Leonard Lee from Next Curve and I discuss our impressions and the key takeaways from the recently held Industry Analyst Day 2023 of Marvell Technology. Marvell executives pitched how they are well positioned to exploit the massive surge in interest in Gen AI thr...

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Innovating Tomorrow: Unveiling 2023's Triumphs from Ideas to Reality

Ideas to Innovation - December 19, 2023 12:53 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Over the past year, the Ideas to Innovation podcast from Clarivate took listeners on a special journey through a world where curiosity meets ingenuity. In each of 15 episodes published in 2023, we told stories of people thinking forward in the real world, highlighting those who not only dared ...

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Resetting the Narrative on IP Rights in America

Clause 8 - December 19, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
This year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce brought together a diverse group of stakeholders and thought leaders in support of a framework of IP Principles.  These IP Principles are part of an initiative to help America overcome a sustained effort to demonize intellectual property rights over the la...

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#364 - 3 Big Invention Trends from 2023 - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - December 18, 2023 08:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Me on the Mike episode. Alan describes 3 big invention trends he learned from podcast guests in 2023. One perennial trend is that simple consumer products that solve annoying problems always appeal to buyers and can sell well. Learn two other big trends driving consumer...

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#363 - The Principle of Attraction - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - December 14, 2023 08:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Alan Discusses how the principle of attraction draws towards us whatever we focus on most - whether that is good or bad. Learn why some seem to attract bad luck, while others attract good. He shares 3 books you can read, so you can make the princ...

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Matteo Sabattini on Licensing Igniting Virtuous Cycle of Innovation

Clause 8 - December 12, 2023 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Matteo Sabattini is well known in DC patent policy circles from his previous role as Director of IP Policy at Ericsson.  He now joins Eli from Italy to discuss his new role as President and Chief Licensing Officer of Convida, what he learned from his time in DC, keys to building a successful lic...

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#362 - Serial inventor with her own product line on HSN - Marcy McKenna

Inventors Helping Inventors - December 11, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan interviews Marcy McKenna. Marcy came from a family of inventors. As a mother of 3 with her husband's union on strike, she licensed her first invention with only a sell sheet at a trade show. Today, Marcy has achieved invention success, having sold or licensed over 30 products, with he...

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From Lab to Life: The Transformative Power of Synthetic Biology

Ideas to Innovation - December 07, 2023 13:03 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Rapid advancements in technology and science are shaping a new era, with artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, or “syn-bio,” at the forefront. Heralded as the next big leap in science, syn-bio involves redesigning organisms for useful purposes by engineering them to have new abilities...

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#361 - 4 Ways to Reduce Stress - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - December 07, 2023 08:30 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Thursday Thought episode. Alan shares 4 simple ways you can reduce stress every day - by investing as little as 15 minutes of your time. What do walking and reading have in common? They both can reduce stress. Learn two other methods you can use to reduce your stress an...

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How do you know what your I.P. is worth?

Canadian IP voices - December 06, 2023 05:00 - 25 minutes
Lawyer and IP expert Sylvain Roy discusses key considerations in IP valuation. Explore online:  Intellectual property valuation Valuing Intellectual Property Assets

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Ed Murgitroyd on Disrupting IP Legal Services & Lessons from his Dad

Clause 8 - December 05, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Ed Murgitroyd joins Eli Mazour to tell the stories of building Murgitroyd into one of Europe’s biggest IP law firms and his disruptive new venture Hexos IP.  Murgitroyd was founded by Ed’s father Ian Murgitroyd in Scotland in 1975.  Ed eventually joined his father and became the CEO of Murgitroy...

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#360 - 3 Mental Detours to Your Invention Success - Alan Beckley

Inventors Helping Inventors - December 04, 2023 08:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 108 ratings
Alan provides a new Me on the Mike episode. Alan shares 3 mental detours that cause inventors to take longer to achieve success. Many new inventors focus far too much effort upon obtaining a patent before they know if their product is viable. Listen to 2 other mental detours that may put o...