The Value Of Prior Art Searching: Don’t Screw Up (Part 2)
In part 1 (link here) of this series of short articles on the value of “prior art” searching, I (Iain Russell, founder of Russell IP) explained how I came up with an idea for a telescopic hex key, but knocked it out through some quick and basic prior art searching. I wasn’t ready to give up on the idea and used the setback of knocking out my first attempt as a catalyst for some further development. Back at the drawing board, I got thinking. Actually, maybe my idea isn’t limited to hex keys and perhaps it could be used for […]
