GREAT! If you are reading this then you are serious about taking the potential opportunity to finally get your idea brought to fruition and listed with one of the biggest names in TV HOME SHOPPING and within some of the biggest retailers!

We have a Terms and Conditions section below that you should read and agree to in order to proceed. We also need to know a little more about you so have included a section below to complete your personal information and we kindly ask you to complete the question section below so we know more about your problem solving idea.

First, here is a little bit of information about us…

JML is a multi-disciplined fast moving operation with over 25 years of retail experience and has become a much loved home grown brand with our retail partners, with continued growth in the global market.

Many people know us best for such products as the PED Egg, Fast Fit Ironing Board Cover, or

Halogen oven to name but a few of the products from our vast JML range covering categories in

Kitchen, Cleaning, Health and beauty, & Home or through our latest venture “the Store” in collaboration with ITV, which airs nationwide to the UK.

We are one of the biggest and best known Direct TV shopping channels in the UK, have almost 6,000 in-store promotional screens in the UK and Ireland with the biggest retailers on the high-street and distribute to more than 70 countries (and growing) far and wide, from the USA, Germany, Holland and Central Europe to Japan and even down to Australia! Terms and conditions

Before submitting you must agree to the following terms and conditions:

Open to entrants aged 18 and over.

You must have a prototype or have a working model or fully developed model of your invention to bring with you to the JML Inventors day.

We can only consider medical devices if they are certified and you have full substantiation for claims.

All online submissions for the priority interview list must be received by the closing date. Please see www.jmlinventors.com for the date and venue.

Submissions are accepted via this form only or on person on the open day.

By using this submission form you hereby agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (the “Terms of Service” or the "Agreement"). Before you submit any invention information, you must read and accept all the terms and conditions in the Agreement. This Agreement is effective upon acceptance for new submissions and terms and conditions may be updated from time to time without notice to user.

It shall be a condition of submission that you are willing to assign full and exclusive rights of your invention and distribution rights to JML (subject to agreement of terms with JML (John Mills Limited) should you be requested to do so.

Where inventors have existing patent protection, JML may enter into a licensing agreement, royalty agreement or outright purchases of the patent.

Where innovators have unique and potentially protectable ideas, JML may enter into joint development agreements or other collaboration agreements whereby the innovator's ideas may be protected for our exclusive use, perhaps jointly owned, with JML underwriting the patent protection efforts.

If you are already selling your product via any channels this must be declared.

If you are already in negotiation with any other company this must be declared.

Decisions made on the day are final.

You hereby acknowledge:

I acknowledge that I am the owner of the invention information and am authorized to submit to JML

I acknowledge that the disclosure is being made on a NON CONFIDENTIAL basis, and that no confidentiality obligations or legal relationships whatsoever are created by this invention submission.

I acknowledge that I am free to make this submission and that by doing so I am not infringing any prior obligation of confidentiality.

I acknowledge that I am free to make this submission and do not knowingly infringe the copyright or other intellectual property rights of any third party.

I acknowledge that JML may contact me for additional information and/or samples/prototypes if applicable.

I acknowledge that JML may already be independently working on a similar technology as covered by my submission and that I will not therefore assert any intellectual property rights against company in this respect.

I acknowledge that JML reserve the right to rebrand, change marketing, adapt product to make more marketable or commercially viable.

I acknowledge that JML reserve the right to market the product where it is deemed most appropriate to market conditions for best results.

Inventor submission form Please state YES or NO to the following; “I hereby confirm I have read, understood and accept the terms and conditions for submitting my invention. (…………)

Personal information

First name: Last name: Address: City: Postal code: Website (if applicable): Phone number: Email Address: Company name (if applicable): If you are representing a company, people, or have any other investors please state here:

Invention name: (Please advise working name if no invention name exists)

Patent status: (Utility filed/Utility Issued/Design Filed/Design Issued/Provisional Patent application)

Other protection: (None/Trademark/Copyright)

Development Status: (Prototype/Working prototype/Factory produced sample/Fully developed) NB: We are only accepting submissions that have been developed to prototype status or beyond.

Images (Please add here. We advise to keep image sizes small )

Do you have a video of your idea? If yes please provide link here:

Please describe your product/invention:

List the selling benefits and features of your product / invention:

List or describe any similar or competing products you are aware of:

If your product(s) / invention(s) are currently being sold, list where and at what price:

List the current cost to manufacture (if known):

Inventor submission form If you have completed all sections. Then please kindly return this via email to [email protected]. Please ensure the attachment does not exceed 4mb (if adding pictures to the document please compress these) to ensure your application is received.

We expect a very busy event day therefore if you want to be prioritised for an interview with a member of the JML Inventors review panel please kindly email your completed form back to us at [email protected]

Once applications are received then you will receive a separate email with meeting times and further details prior to the Inventors day.

Applications can also be taken on the day but longer waiting times may apply. Each interview will last 15 minutes and you will be notified on the day if you are shortlisted for a more in-depth discussion on your invention, with a view to developing further with JML.

Please note: We will consider any product we feel with fits within the JML criteria. Multiple entries are allowed however please complete a separate application for each invention.

Best of luck for now and we look forward to seeing you at our next Inventors day in MARCH 2014

The JML Team.

Inventor submission form