Trademark Attorney Mugs

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

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

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

"We'd like the Washington Redskins to keep their name, but to pay us royalties."

Squeezing the Free Press.

"What's a patent?"

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

'We want everyone to remember our name.'

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

Sue the Author 3PM

'Yes, sir, what can I do for you?'

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

"I'm Necessity and this is my son, Invention."

The man who invented the wheel/The man who patented the wheel.

Is plagiarism the same as value adding?

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

"Plagiarist!"

"'C' is for free CONTENT!"

Intellectual Property

JET (Part I)

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

Joe's Bar: Not Responsible For Lost or Stolen Intellectual Property.

'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.'

Patents office.

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.'

'It's okay, they're with me.'

Money Tree

Copyrighted Ideas

Copyright and copyleft

"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!"

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

"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."