Inventors Quotes

You know, you really don't need a forensics team to get to the bottom of this. If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook. - Mark Zuckerberg

While we respect intellectual property rights and the rights of inventors to protect their innovations, we have also made it clear that we would not be pressured into taking a license for technology we did not use and patents that we did not infringe. - Robert Kimball

We were extremely excited not only with the vast number of pioneering student design entries we received, but also with the overall quality, ingenuity and creativity evident in the designs. This year's contest fulfilled its goal of giving students around the world an opportunity to be challenged and inspired, and we're pleased to honor these students with scholarships to help them further their education to become tomorrow's engineers, artists and inventors. Based on this year's popularity and success, we look forward to an even bigger contest in 2006. - Jon Cobb

We wanted it to be useful to everyday New Englanders, ... We have the town common, weve got the Kennedy family, we have Revolutionary War heroes, we have great mills, we have New England inventors ... But then we have the very new - we have biotechnology and the computer industry. - David Watters

We have invested tens of millions in capital from loyal and patient investors to bring our products from invention to market. But we are still a small company, and we can only succeed and innovate if large companies are kept from violating the laws that protect inventors and innovators. - Daniel Mandez

We don't take money for the service. We're not a full-service invention submission company. We're just offering a forum for inventors, who are pretty far along in the invention process, a place to show their wares directly to a company that has a proven track record of successfully taking products to market. - Webster Thompson

We are very pleased with the results of today's ruling. Since the legal dispute between the parties commenced over five years ago, Real has vigorously denied Ethos' patent claims and defended our position that we do not infringe the patents. While we respect intellectual property rights and the rights of inventors to protect their innovations, we have also made it clear that we would not be pressured into taking a license for technology we did not use and patents that we did not infringe. - Robert Kimball

We are delighted to offer pint-sized inventors a unique opportunity to dream up their own frozen pop creations. The frozen pop was actually invented in 1905 by an 11 year old boy so we are looking forward to seeing what kids come up with in 2006. - John Harrison