The Biggest Retailer Was No Match for This Entrepreneur

Award-winning inventor Dan Brown on how his successful ‘Bionic Wrench’ was knocked off by the largest U.S. retailer and the patent battle that he both won and lost.

Chapters

• 2:05 Invention starts with creative problem-solving
• 2:50 A patent that doesn’t solve the problem is a boat anchor; a ‘vanity’ right
• 5:50 Early on I knew I needed to understanding IP rights; reading patents is a form of research
• 7:00 I was committed to making the product in the U.S.
• 9:15 We won ‘willful infringement’ against Sears & Apex Tools
• 10:50 'I’ve seen the winds shift, especially for inventors'
• 13:00 'I don’t believe that patent quality today is any less than 40 years ago'
• 15:35 We have to stop the ‘gamification’ of the patent system
• 18:32 Building face shields early in the pandemic
• 20:21 Students: seek real-time problems that need solving now
• 21:30 Sell-one, give-one. It’s a win-win
• 22:15 What do you wish you had known earlier?