Intellectual Property Hero Prints

Art Theft

"What's a patent?"

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

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

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

"Don’t you eyeball me, Ed! That’s right, look down at the table. Only technicians who remember to back up the data can look at me! And if you start to cry I will fire you!"

'He's been brought in to save the company.'

"Plagiarist!"

Intellectual Property

Mook's regret after inventing fire.

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

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

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

'Uh oh. I can see another few hundred will be added to your bid.'

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

'Where do you keep the elbow grease?'

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

"That guys is stealing my data!"

The Economy of Ideas

'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

"I'm looking for a Father's Day gift. What kind of wrench says 'I love you'?"

"Stop with the tennis balls! There's no oil down here... just monsters."

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

Mega Pharmaceuticals Legal Dept. What if we claim a generic knockoff of our miracle drug is blasphemous?

Patents office

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N. The alphabet invention is great. We should copyright it!

'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.'

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

"We're counting on you to save this company, Fitzgerald.

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

"I'm so old, I've entered public domain."

"I'm not taking any chances."