THE TOY BROKER


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The Toy & Game Inventor's Guide


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Provides details about the state of the industry, explains how a new product is developed, and outlines the steps necessary to protect an idea, present a concept, and negotiate a deal.




CIG Cash In On Inventions, 2E


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Patent applications are booming! Innovative strategies to market inventive products.The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Cashing In On Your Inventions, Second Edition covers every aspect of the inventing process from concept to market - and this new edition offers more in-depth coverage of the development process, prototyping and manufacturing helping readers identify how to go about turning their ideas into something tangible that they can market. ? Written by the co-developer of the Furby and over 200 other products ? Features information on how to protect inventions ? How to find companies interested in buying or licensing inventions




Licensing Update


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Hearings


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Laurence Bounds - My Life in Letters


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For years, Laurence Bounds has been pestering some of the most patient customer service departments from coffee companies to television studios and shaving companies to travel agents, with his maddening of letters. From HMV to AEG, the Met Office to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - everyone is a target. Discover years of hilarious letters sent from the Etruria Lodge estate by the eccentric but highly-educated, Laurence Bounds (B.A, B.Sc). So who is Laurence Bounds, we hear you ask? A part-time gamekeeper, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, inventor of the WaspZapper 838™, producer of the famous Bombardier Potato, founder of The Mobile Judge Programme, dog food pioneer, betting tycoon, playwright supremo, wine magnate, children's life-size Henry VIII doll designer, poet, astrologer, published author and aspiring television producer, to name but a few. Upon buying this educational book, you may learn some of Laurence’s tips and become a serial entrepreneur just like him. Discover how to complain the Bounds way, how to communicate effectively with some of the world's biggest companies, and how to deal with organisations when they are not keen on your ideas. Join him on a side-splitting journey, guaranteed to have you in stitches, as you meet his friends, relatives, and his beloved thoroughbred black Labrador, Alexander IX. This is Laurence Bounds, his life in his own words…







The Everything Inventions And Patents Book


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The Everything Inventions and Patents Book is your step-by-step guide to turning your bright idea into a lucrative enterprise. Authored by two successful inventors and businesswomen, this guide shows you how to make your brainchild profitable! With information on everything from protecting your idea, to learning whom you can trust, The Everything Inventions and Patents Book sets you on the right path toward turning your wildest dreams into tangible, patented reality! Includes vital tips on: Patent law Sales and marketing Developing your idea into a workable plan Filling out a patent application Getting your invention off the ground floor The Everything Inventions and Patents Book is the only resource you need for creating and protecting your idea, your investment, and your future.




The Inventor's Desktop Companion


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This guide to marketing and protecting ideas and inventions takes the reader step-by-step through the protection process - from how to patent, trademark or copyright an idea, to saving money in legal fees. It includes the names, addresses and phone numbers of over 2000 associations, public and private marketing services and sources of information. there are sample legal and licensing agreements and dozens of reproducable forms to help the reader save time and money. A section on Ripoffs presents findings of US Senate hearings (September 1994) on invention marketing scams, as well as the FTC's Dirty Dozen list.




Early Childhood Curriculum


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The third edition of Early Childhood Curriculum provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to curriculum theories and approaches in early childhood and early primary settings. Drawing on a cultural-historical framework for education, the text explores a variety of approaches to learning and teaching and equips readers with the tools to effectively plan, design and implement curriculum strategies. Thoroughly revised and updated, this edition features up-to-date coverage of national curriculum documents, including the Early Years Learning Framework and Te Whāriki, and expanded content on play-based curriculum, assessment and documentation. Key domain areas of the curriculum are explored in depth and have been revised to include updated discussions of environmental factors, digital knowledge and multiliteracies. Each chapter is enriched with learning intentions, definitions of key terms, reflection points, links to current curriculum documents and illustrative case studies to help readers connect theory to practice.