Inventors Network of the Capital Area Monthly Meeting - Richard C. Levy Speaker
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INCA,
The March 2015 Inventors Network of the Capital Area meeting is Wednesday March 25, 2015 at the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library in Falls Church, Virginia. The meeting will begin at 5:30 pm with networking, pizza, snacks and drinks. Introductions and announcements will be at 6:30 pm.This month’s meeting will include elections of INCA officers. This month’s speaker, Richard C. Levy, is president of Richard C. Levy & Associates, LLC which specializes in collaborative invention and licensing. RCL&A primarily feeds concepts to the toy industry. Richard co-developed Furby (http://www.hasbro.com/furby/en_US/) (Hasbro), the animatronic creature that has sold more than 70 million units in 57 countries, and 12 languages. His co-invented games include million plus unit seller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (http://www.amazon.com/From-Mars-Women-Venus-Game/dp/B0000205XB) (Mattel). He has created premiums for P&G (Crest), General Foods (Pebbles) and Ralston-Purina (Cookie Crisp). Among his latest products are: The Waving Flag (https://www.thewavingflag.com/); Dirty Words (http://www.amazon.com/University-Games-01386-Dirty-Words/dp/B00LJOLB4K/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1426015008&sr=1-1&keywords=Dirty+Words) (University Games) and The Original Cat Paw (Wicked Cool Toys). Richard is author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cashing in On Your Inventions (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Cashing-Inventions-Edition/dp/161564007X) (2nd edition) and co-author of The Toy and Game Inventor’s Handbook (http://www.amazon.com/Toy-Game-Inventors-Handbook-Cash-/dp/1592570623/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426015728&sr=1-2&keywords=The+Toy+and+Game+Inventor%E2%80%99s+Handbook) (3rd edition) now exclusively sold by Amazon as an e-book. Price: $9.95. Richard was featured in the December 2012 edition of the US Patent & Trademark Office’s Inventors Eye online publication in an article Toying with Success (http://www.uspto.gov/custom-page/inventors-eye-toying-success).
Richard's past presentations at INCA have always been colorful and interesting. This is a meeting you don't want to miss - especially if you are inventing a toy or game.
Thank you and hope to see you there,
Glen Kotapish