Young inventors of the world unite [innovators international network]

This article describes Young Inventors, an international network of under-35 innovators run by Anne Swift, who is completing her senior year as an economics and political science major at the University of Toronto. Most of the Toronto chapter´s monthly meetings run the gamut of patent related topics, although Young Inventors also hosts workshops on related patent and entrepreneurial issues, like marketing. It starts from the very beginning of an idea and works with inventors one-on-one and also offers group workshops that assist with brainstorming, market analysis, technical viability, patent applications and alternatives, intellectual property and nondisclosure agreements. The main focus is on getting the product into the marketplace.