PORTLAND – The next meeting of the Maine Inventors Forum is scheduled to held in Portland on Tuesday, May 10. All inventors and business owners are welcome to attend for networking and sharing of ideas about inventing.

This month the speaker is Brian Lazarus of Opus One designs, an inventor of furniture with clients worldwide. He produces wood designs in his shop in the woods of Falmouth. Learn how he solves problems and what he thinks about patents in the furniture business.

The meeting runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the University of Maine School of Law, 246 Deering Ave. (first floor, Moot Courtroom). The meeting is free and open to the public (no pre-registration needed).

For more information, visit www.mainepatent.org or contact the Maine Patent Program at [email protected] or by phone at (207) 874-6521.