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Online Forums Help Businesses Generate Additional Streams of Revenue

Important Info on what you're looking for. Based on popular searches. Small businesses and inventors often find it difficult to reach the global market because the traditional transfer of intellectual property is complicated, costly, fragmented, and slow. A number of online forums, including Patentcafe.com (http://www.patentcafe.com), NewIdeaTrade.com (http://www.newideatrade.com), and Inventioncity.com (http://www.inventioncity.com), now help businesses maximize their return on research and development investment. Leveraging the global reach of these forums will allow companies and individuals from around the world the ability to buy and sell ideas, inventions and patents as well as trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property to the global market. Smaller companies that are not able to devote substantial amounts of resources to research and development will now be able to locate and license inventions listed on these online forums. Even larger businesses will save the time and expense of developing new products and technologies on their own, by buying or licensing inventions listed on these trading networks. By providing a global forum for businesses, innovators and investors to find each other, these forums break down traditional geographic, industrial, and marketing barriers, and simplify and speed up the process of transfer of intellectual property. Additional information on how to sell innovations is available at http://www.newideatrade.com/sell_ideas.htm. About The Author Neil ArmandIntellectual Property ProfessionalGlobal Commerce & CommunicationTelephone: 320-250-0950Fax: 320-230-1096Email: gcomm@astound.netURL: http://www.gcchq.comglobalcomm@astound.net This article was posted on September 28, 2003some content courtesy ArticleCity.com If you didn't find what you're looking for above. Check the navigation menu on the left. We're sure to have the information that you require. Thanks.