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Tennessee Inventors Association

Tenn Inventors Assoc TIA meeting at Tech 2020

The Tennessee Inventors Association is an organization in East Tennessee dedicated to supporting and promoting independent inventors. TIA members are from Knoxville and Oak Ridge. Some members come from Chattanooga, Cleveland, Bristol, Johnson City, Morristown, and other East Tennessee areas. The TIA also has members from as far away as Ohio and Virginia. The Tennessee Inventors Association is a great resource for inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs.

The TIA meets monthly on the fourth Saturday at 10 am in Knoxville, Tennessee. Visit the TIA Calendar page. A map to the meeting hall is here. The TIA meets at the Cedar Bluff campus of Lincoln Memorial University (LMU). Visitors are always welcome!

Upcoming meeting

The next TIA meeting is Saturday, May 26, at 10 am. This month's meeting features TIA president Keith Waters, who will discuss his recent trip to Washington, DC. Keith joined Stephen Key and others who made the rounds to bring the plight of independent inventors to Congress.

The primary goal of the TIA is the advancement of technology throughout Tennessee with its accompanying economic growth. Toward this end, TIA provides information, guidance, and encouragement to those involved in innovation. It is a chartered non-profit organization in the State of Tennessee composed of inventors and other persons interested in the innovation process.

The TIA membership includes independent inventors, small business developers, engineers, and scientists from state and federal research and educational facilities. The span of technical expertise and inventions ranges from high-tech to low-tech, from lasers to games to cat toys. Other TIA members are from business-related fields and are available as consultants to the other members. For example, we have patent agents and patent attorneys as members, and we frequently have business attorneys and lawyers, model makers, graphic artists, modelers, designers, and others as visitors. Even if you do not have an invention, you are welcome to join the TIA!

News Ticker . . .

07-17-2018 US Inventor, an inventor support group, has information on the current Inventor Protection Act that is being introduced in Congress. The IPA seeks to undo much of the damage that has been done with the AIA. But the effort needs public support to convince Members of Congress to Sponsor and support the proposed Bill.

09-21-2017 The date for the TNInventCon is March 3, 2018. The event will be held at the Blount County Public Library in downtown Maryville from 10am to 2pm.

04-20-2017 World Patent Marketing, a Florida based patent promotion company, gets nailed! A temporary restraining order was issued against World Patent Marketing for being “an invention-promotion scam that has bilked thousands of consumers out of millions of dollars.” The FTC charged World Patent Marketing with committing unfair and deceptive trade practices.

04-12-2017 Rise and Grind with Chris MacAdoo is a program offered by UTRF Business Incubator on Wednesday morning, April 12, 2017, at 8:30am.

02-16-2017 The Knoxville News-Sentinel announced the six 'What's the Big Idea' finalists for the 2017 "What's the Big Idea 48-hour Launch" competition, which will take place Feb. 24-26.

Blogs

02-05-13 First to File Patent Laws effective March 16, 2013
10-31-12 The passing of a great inventor
09-21-11 A first look at the Patent Reform Act or the America Invents Act
07-17-11 2011 Patent Reform: Can Senate reconcile House version?
12-16-10 Invention promotion companies - scam or legit?
07-06-10 A Business Plan for the Inventor
05-03-10 Community & Patriot Express Workshop on May 18
02-07-10 Tennessee Small Business Development Centers On-line Training