Antitrust Lawyer Pillows

"We can't be assailed and we can't be blackmailed... can't be derailed and will not be curtailed... competition will fail... cause we're too big to nail... oh, yeah!"

Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger

Foreign Markets with Big Barriers

"No, I didn't steal your content. I just have your content's doppleganger."

"What's a patent?"

'We want everyone to remember our name.'

"No, of course there isn't, 'one law for the rich and another for the poor'... There's no law for the poor."

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

US v.s. Tech Giants

Sue the Author 3PM

The New Fundamentals of Art: 'We'll begin with the most basic figure, the trademark attorney...'

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

"Tariffs"

"I lost some intellectual property here last night. Anybody remember what the hell I was talking about?"

"Plagiarist!"

Intellectual Property

"There she be, lads, the special economic zone!"

'But your honor, imitation is the sincerest form of copyright infringement.'

'Everyone's using your theorem, Pythagoras. I told you you should have patented it.'

'We don't know what the final result will look like, but the movie rights have already been optioned.'

'It's not the same. I was caught stealing office supplies. You, on the other hand, got caught stealing ideas.'

'They never let you forget that your intellectual property belongs to them.'

Copyrighted Ideas

Copyright and copyleft

Patents office

'I'd like to sue my way to success.'

"You asked to see me, boss?" "Yes, Rudy. We have a serious problem here." "I'm going to need you to stop humming the 'Star Wars' theme 24/7." "Disney is notoriously litigious. If they catch wind that you're publicly performing the theme, they may sue the cafe for royalties." "Daaaa... daaaa... duh-duh-duh daaaaaaa... daaaa... duh-duh-duh... wait, what?" "If you cost me my livelihood, I'll do to you what Han did to that Tauntaun."

"I'm afraid pretty much every esoteric company name is taken so we're left with 'Mugwump', 'Grungydink' or 'Buh'."

'Quit if you want, Bowman, but the intellectual property stays here.'

'It was owned by a little old lady. Legally, that's all I can say. She still owns the intellectual property rights to her story.'

"It's a really cool game! You're Bill Gates, and you have to fight off the evil agents of the Justice Department before they destroy your planet."

'I invented the wheel, and to protect it, I invented the club.'

Come Back Sloane

'Of course, now that we have turf, we'll need someone to protect it.'