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• ** iEdExperts-L InventorEd's own list for patent practitioners, technology transfer professionals, journalists, authors, and leaders of inventor groups or organizations.
  
• ** Inventors-L@InvEd.org InventorEd's own list for experienced and novice inventors alike. We recommend that new inventors start with this list first since we carefully exclude questionable agents from this list. Traffic on this list ranges from a few to as many as thirty messages per day.
  
• ** InventorEdNews-L InventorEd's news feed list.  Key word searches are used to deliver press releases about innovation. 
  
• ** Scammed@InvEd.org InventorEd sponsored discussion about invention promotion fraud.  

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Other Invention Related Forums 

Rated 1-10, (R=?1-10, 10 is best)

• Alt.Inventors High volume news group with lots of garbage but also has some knowledgeable people who are worth listening to. The best way to review old messages from this newsgroup is via Google Groups Archive. (R=3)

• Alt.InventorWorld Low volume news group started by Bill Nasset who also has a web site at www.InventorWorld.com. The best way to review old messages from this newsgroup is via Google Groups Archive. (R=1)

• Directory of Email Discussion Groups

• EPO list. To subscribe, simply send an e-mail to: majordomo@mail.austria.eu.net . In your e-mail please type "subscribe epo" in the first line of the text main body. Once you have subscribed, you can send messages to all other subscribers by sending e-mails to epo@mail.austria.eu.net. (R=5)
  
• INTPROP-L is an un-moderated list addressing IP professionals. INTPROP-L shall be devoted to all matters related to the intellectual property law of all jurisdictions of Europe. To subscribe, simply send an e-mail to: majordomo@listservice.net . In your e-mail please type "subscribe intprop-l" in the first line of the text main body. Once you have subscribed, you can send messages to all other subscribers by sending e-mails to intprop-l@listservice.net. (R=5)
  
• INVENTORS

• InventNet Forum - Review and links. Not recommended for novices due to heavy activity by questionable agents but a good resource for those inventors who have significant business experience. Traffic ranges from 20 to over a hundred messages per day. (R=2)

• Internet Patent News Service by Gregory Aharonian (R=8)

• INVLINK is a moderated discussion list created by the Association of Hungarian Inventors to encourage contacts and discussion among inventors, inventors' associations, invention and innovation centers and organizations active in the field of promotion of inventive and innovative activities.

• Misc.Int-Property - Archives - Go to it via your newsreader software click here: misc.int-property. The best way to review old messages from this newsgroup is via Google Groups Archive. (R=5)

• Nouveau Entrepreneur is an electronic gazette for new and forward-looking business innovators. To subscribe, send email to nouvent-request@mLists.net and in the body of the message, put subscribe. List owner: ronald.oltmanns@usa.net (Ronald Oltmanns)

• Patent Law Archives To subscribe to patent-L send e-mail to: listproc@ftplaw.wuacc.edu the message should state: subscribe (or unsubscribe) patent-L "Your name without quotes" (R=6)

• Patentpractice Law Archives To subscribe see http://lawlibdns.wuacc.edu/patprac/msg00007.html
  PATENTPRACTICE-L focuses on technical issues concerning patent drafting, prosecution, and enforcement. This list is limited to patent attorneys, patent agents, and law professors teaching patent law or intellectual property law courses. 

• Popular Science Inventor's Forum http://www.popsci.com/community/forums/inventors.html

• TECHCOMM-L, which is a business oriented T2 discussion list. The main difference between it and Techno-L is that participants are allowed to post commercial posts  --within reason. The focus is T2 and everything must be related to T2. About 150 members. (R=3)

• Techlist is a new moderated listserver for discussions and questions concerning the commercialization of technology and technology transfer.  In distinction to Techno-L it focuses on technology marketing issues, such as how to find relevant licensees, joint ventures, strategic alliances, or product purchasers or how to integrate R&D and marketing. All posts are forwarded to the list (currently over 1100 people) except for flames and spam.  In addition postings are periodically made reporting research results and book reviews on the process of commercialization/technology transfer.   To join or leave techlist send an e-mail to list@seeport.com with the appropriate command in the first line: JOIN techlist (the command SUBSCRIBE may also be used).   To post send e-mail to techlist@seeport.com

• Techno-L is a 1000 plus member forum of university technology transfer managers.  Click here for more information.  This list represents a gold mine of expertise. (R=10)

• The Toy Inventors' Forum -  an email based group talking about toy & game invention, design, and other related topics (sponsored by Giant Squid, Inc.).
  
  To join send a message to "majordomo@GiantSquid.com" with "subscribe toyinventors" as the body of the message. You will receive confirmation instructions and general information about the group. After joining please post messages to "toyinventors@giantsquid.com"

Other Forums Of Interest To Inventors

• The Surveillance List Forum (SLF - 9800+ Members Worldwide) SLF is dedicated to eavesdropping, surveillance, counter-surveillance & privacy related technology, computer security & related hacking, etc.  http://www.spyking.com/list.html
   

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