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What better way to get customers to buy funky, innovative products than to let them make the products themselves? That's what San Francisco-based Timbuk2 Designs, Inc., was betting on when it introduced an online mechanism where customer can design and purchase customized bicycle messenger bags, laptop and iPod cases, cell phone holders and duffel bags.
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Companies of all sizes, and across all industries, are grappling with the fact that healthcare costs have risen 76 percent since 2000. In fact, healthcare stands as one of the biggest expenses on any company's balance sheet, just after payroll and cost of goods sold. Still, it is a necessary evil, for the company that can provide a good healthcare plan is often the one that attracts the most competent, experienced workers.
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Experts advise product developers to conduct a patent search before approaching the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for protection of their intellectual property.
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