Trademark Lawyer Prints

"I'm afraid, Inspector, this means that everybody and everything in the country has been copyrighted."

'We want everyone to remember our name.'

Squeezing the Free Press.

Foreign Markets with Big Barriers

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

"What's a patent?"

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

Sue the Author 3PM

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

Patent Attorney (invisible man)

Is plagiarism the same as value adding?

"Tariffs"

"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)

'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.'

'If someone sent an email and the National Security Agency did not spy on it, would it still be an email?'

'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.'

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!"

"Or perhaps we could just have them wear these 'M-for-Muslim' patches...."

The company lawyer's self-image vs the boss's self-image.

"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."

"My conclusion that he lied was based on his body language, his polygraph results, and the complete implausibility of his story."

Patents office

"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.'