As we get ready to go to Tokyo as a partner for the Intellectual Property Business Congress Asia, a unique gathering of the world’s top tier IP owners and service professionals, it is easy to note that the cost to ideate, patent, protect, develop and go to market have become astronomical for early stage companies. Every day, SMEs, SBIR/STTR awardees, entrepreneurs, grass roots inventors and corporate intrapreneurs, reach out through AutoHarvest to gain visibility as viable technology partners for the multinationals. As a nonprofit, uniquely we offer a neutral ecosystem—a level playing field to compete and collaborate and test new business practices and models. Our Innovation Advisory Council, whose vision created this platform to bridge all the players in advanced manufacturing is broadening with the addition of global technology leaders Faurecia from France and the Hyundai Motor Group from South Korea.

We are also expanding our Innovation Hub. The mechanisms to transact IP are enhanced by I-Hub members providing useful software, databases, government sponsored toolkits, knowledge rich blogs and video presentations of innovation leaders. The 2015 event roster reached an incredible 35 industry events partnering with AutoHarvest to help accelerate the adoption of innovation through an on and off line innovation community.

As always, we invite all readers to join our intellectual property marketplace, free of charge, and engage the community. Join and get One-Click-Closer® to being our next success story.