invention

IP strategy: How should startups decide whether to file patents

Bryant Lee, Ed Steakley & Saleh Kaihani Contributor Bryant Lee is the co-founder and managing partner of Cognition IP, a YC-backed IP law firm for startups. Ed Steakley was the Head of IP at Airwa

With $50 Million Edison Nation Looks To Back A New Generation Of Inventors

The Charlotte, N.C.-based company, whose business model is akin to the faltering Quirky, took in $50 million from a group of undisclosed backers to finance businesses that show up to its Amazon Invent

Heatswell cups – coming to a coffee shop near you?

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Heatswell.jpg" />So this is pretty cool; inventor Scott Amron has come up with a really interesting product for the hot beverage industry

Behold the Clicker: the ultimate lazy man device

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rightImage.jpg" />It's fairly easy to find exactly when most Americans started to get fat. All you have to do is go back to the 1950's. S