Research Guides: Sports Product Design: Product Research

Patents

Patent Research Resources

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
European Patent Office (Espacenet)
Espacenet contains data on more than 95 million patent documents from around the world.
The Lens
Lens serves global patent and scholarly knowledge as a public good to inform science and technology enabled problem solving. No account required.

Databases

Product Research Resources

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Magazines, newspapers and journals in all business disciplines including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics going back to 1886. Additional content includes financial data, books, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Industry research database covering thousands of established and emerging industries in the US, China, and global economies. Reports include market characteristics, segmentation, industry conditions, industry financial data, key success factors, and forecasting. Subscription includes US, China and Global Industry, US Company Benchmarking, Business Environment Profiles, US Specialized Industry, iExpert, and US Industry Spotlight modules.
Mintel academic This link opens in a new window
Consumer market research reports for the U.S. and U.K. focusing on consumer attitudes, demographics, trend information, and market data in 14 consumer product and service categories, including Beauty, eCommerce, Technology, Health & Wellness, and Social Media.
Passport This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 115 internationally standardized statistics on industry sectors, country markets, and companies as well as full text market, company, & country reports; as well as expert analysis of emerging industry, country, and consumer trends.
WGSN This link opens in a new window
The WGSN Fashion module includes forecast, color, materials, product development, design for women, men, and kids in all product categories. The WGSN Insight module provides consumer insights, big picture, age demographic reporting, social media/marketing, retail insights, and more. Users need to create an account with their uoregon.edu account while on campus or logged into the campus VPN.

Trend Hunter
Updated collection of cutting edge trends.