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A New Tool to Help Innovators Protect Intellectual Property

April 6, 2012 /

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Any innovator hoping to turn a bright idea into a marketable product or successful company needs to know how to protect their intellectual property (IP). They may now find help from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which have joined forces to develop the Intellectual Property Awareness Assessment Tool.

The tool is designed to help aspiring and actual entrepreneurs and business owners in the United States find out how much they know about this arcane yet crucial aspect of innovation and fill the gaps in their knowledge.

By Beryl Benderly

Full Story: http://blogs.sciencemag.org/sciencecareers/2012/04/any-innovator-h.html

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