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This month our official walk thru the process speaker series for 2017. We are moving into PROGRAM TOPIC: Finding a Manufacturer to Work with, featuring Bill Rayl, President of the Jackson Area Manufacturing Association will help us steer through the maze of finding the manufacturer that can work with you on your project/product. Bill is connected like […]
The Jackson Inventors Network is offering admission the the Michigan Inventors Expo for both days for just $25.00. To get this price you must be a paid, active JIN member (paid more than active). Email John Hopkins at johndhopkins1@gmail.com and he will add you to the paid JIN attending list. This year’s Expo will take place Sept. […]
Jackson entrepreneur, inventor and businessman R. Dale Moretz will speak at the July 25 Jackson Inventors Network meeting about how to keep inventing projects going. Moretz has 17 patents and many products in the market, as well as being a business leader. Come and get answers to your project questions. Meeting Agenda 6:00 – 6:30 […]
This month we are doing something different. There will be no speaker! All entrepreneurs and inventors need sign up by return email to me to present their product at the meeting. You will have have 5 to 10 minutes for a quick product presentation or elevator speech. We are fortunate to have AMAZON Business representatives […]
Tiffen, Ohio, patent law attorney Jacob M. Ward gave an in-depth presentation on the basics of patent search, patent law and other intellectual property issues, at the May 23, Jackson Inventors Network meeting at the Jackson District Library, Carnegie Branch. UPDATE: Download a copy of Ward’s presentation here
This month our official walk thru the process speaker series for 2017. The topic is: Patently Good Ideas: Intellectual Property Law for Business and Entrepreneurs. This is an informative program on intellectual property, especially how it relates to DIY inventors and business entrepreneurs. The meeting will be May 23, 2017, at the Jackson District Library, […]
Don’t miss this meeting! Kenneth Johnson, one of the top sucessful inventors in Michigan, is speaking on “The Key Elements of a Successful License.” Many of us just don’t want to spent the rest of our lives producing our idea. Get some help and advice from a very suceesful inventor who has many products being […]
The Jackson Inventors Network (JIN) returns to the Jackson District Library, Carnegie Branch, with one of our most popular topics and popular past speakers. “Mock ups and Prototypes” presentation from product designer and inventor Todd Kauranen, Core Team Industrial Designer, DISHER, and his colleague, Chad Barnes. Why build a Mock-Up? A mock-up is a scale or full-size […]
The first thing any inventor or entrepreneur does before investing time and money into their idea is to research into what is already on the market. This session, “Essential Library Resources for Inventors and Entrepreneurs”, is the first official walk-through in our 2017 speaker series on the process of inventing. Laura Brown is a Business […]
The Jackson Inventors Network (JIN) is on the move Aug. 23, with a new location: The historic Jackson Carnegie Library, 244 W. Michigan Ave, Jackson, Mi. This new location will also feature another first: An inventor, Patrick Stack, will talk, with his patent attorney, Vincent Re, about the experiences with the process, issues, and hurdles commercializing the […]