Monday, 3 December 2007

British Female Inventor & Innovator Awards 2008

The Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network shall be celebrating 10 years of incubating innovation and growth and shall be staging their Event for the first time in Wales. The British Female Inventor and Innovator of the Year Award (BFIIN), is an annual award that aims to recognise and promote the success stories of women in the UK that have come through the challenges of turning an idea into reality.

BFIIN has gone from strength to strength and is now recognised as a key diary date for women with an interest in copyright, trademarks, patents, intellectual property and brillant new ideas.

Over the past seven years the event has showcased many remarkable and innovative products and previous winners have gone on to establish successful businesses and achieve global recognition. These include Mandy Haberman,inventor of the Haberman Feeder and the Anywayup Cup, Tish Fearn, who has signed a major distribution deal with B&Q for her Lite-Lift equine and gardening tools, and Dr Dawn Gibbins MBE, named Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year 2004. Two of our members, Linda Vickerage, EnvirocompUK and Victoria Whiteland, Inspired by Ruby have also been highly commended for their products at past awards ceremonies in 2005 and 2006.

The Intellectual Property (IP) industry's most prestigious award dedicated to female innovators and inventors, the BFIIN AWards, is presented annually. It is truly a peer honor, awarded by and to female inventors and professionals for innovative achievement.

The annual BFIIN Awards presentation brings together thousands of creative and innovation professionals in the IP industry from all over the world. Now in its 10th year, the scheme is run by the Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN)the global network which aims to increase the number of innovative women embracing enterprise.

For more details on attending this prestigious national event or for entry details go to www.bfiin.com

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