Intellectual Property Enthusiast Pillows

Mook's regret after inventing fire.

"No, Henry, don't do it ... we own the intellectual content!"

"Well, did you invent fire or simply discover a product of nature? It makes a difference..."

"Plagiarist!"

"I'm not daydreaming, Ms Howard. I'm reviewing my intellectual properties."

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

Bird drawing copyright symbols on her eggs

'Your copyright is invalid, you spelled (c) wrong.'

Hands off my IP!

Caveman Copyright

"I'd like to take out a patent on myself."

"We're being followed. Don't worry it's just my copyright."

"Simple. He plagiarized me, I plagiarized him."

"Do you have to copy everything I do?"

'Your alibi was so convincing I'm having it copyrighted.'

'Let me bush up on copyright laws and get back to you.'

'We want everyone to remember our name.'

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

'I'm afraid this new self you reinvented has already been patented.'

"I have always depended on the content of strangers."

"That guys is stealing my data!"

Copyrighted Ideas

Copyright and copyleft

"Nothing feels better after a long day's hunting than a nice, long soak in the hot-wheel."

'Well great, he's seen it! There goes one more invention they'll get credit for!'

'Even if you do, never admit that you know everything.'

'No, actually THIS invented me!'

John Banville

'Leonardo's Lament' - 'I have nothing to do.'

"Hon, was Skippy your concept or mine?"

Patent attorney tries a murder case': "You say footprints from a fleetline running shoe (pat. pending) were found outside the wetha-gard window (pat. no B14-300-T92)..."

'We'd better patent this, so the homo sapiens can't steal it from us, like they did with the fire.'

'Everytime the lawyers tell their old jokes they end up arguing over copyright infringement.'

The town wasn't big enough for two patent law specialists.

Art Theft