Unsolicited Ideas
From time to time, Newell Rubbermaid does post specific requests for technology
and innovation challenges on our Web site under
Technology Assets on the “Our Company” page. There are several requirements
to responding to a technology request – for instance, your idea must be patented
or patent-pending with a published patent application, and it must specifically
relate to one or more of the listed areas of
Technology Interests. Detailed information on how to respond to a specific
request for information or innovation challenge is provided on our Web site. Responses
will only be reviewed if they are submitted in accordance with the requirements
on the specific request.
If you do send us any unsolicited ideas or suggestions, you agree that there is
no confidential relationship with respect to such information and that Newell Rubbermaid
has no obligation, including financial, to you in connection therewith. You expressly
disclaim and waive all rights in any such information or unsolicited ideas that
you submit to Newell Rubbermaid and agree that Newell Rubbermaid will be free to
use it in any way without any obligation or payment to you. Furthermore, you represent
that you are free to disclose such information and that no other party has any rights
in the information.
With more than 125 years of authentic craftsmanship, Waterman brings sensuality, sophistication and imagination to the experience of fine writing and luxury accessories.
Throughout its history, Waterman has been an innovator in luxury writing instruments, consistently developing new, more effective methods of ink delivery in combination with striking, artful design. Lewis Edson Waterman’s first improvement developed from his frustration with the inconsistency of fountain pens. He set out to develop something better, creating a cartridge that was soon adopted by all pen manufacturers and helped him sell more than six dozen handcrafted pens in his first year. From its pump-type filling system in 1903 to the "Tip Fill" that allowed users to fill the pen without submerging the entire nib into ink, constant advances were made in fountain pen technology. In the 1930s, Waterman’s French division, JIF Waterman, registered an ink cartridge made of glass with a cork stopper, which when inserted into a pen automatically "unplugged" and slid into a leak-proof mechanism inside the nib section. 1992’s Edson model again revolutionized the pen industry with a high performance feed system that regulates the ink flow and does not leak, even at high altitudes, making it safe for use while flying.
Waterman, along with Parker, Liquid Paper and Paper Mate, was acquired by Newell Rubbermaid as part of Gillette’s stationary products business in 2000.
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