Posted tagged ‘artists’
October 6, 2011
Like many others, I owe a lot to Steve Jobs. Some of the designs and intellectual property management strategies he pioneered at Apple were, and remain, the subject of my research and teaching. His work, along with that of the many talented people at Apple, continue to inspire me. The New York Times has a [...]
Categories: Design, Entrepreneurship, Patents
Tags: artists, brands, Design, inventors
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June 19, 2010
I’m always troubled when I hear stories about independent designers who are ripped off by knock-off artists, large retail chains and unscrupulous exporters who take advantage of low-cost manufacturing costs to catch a free ride from a designer’s work. Reporter Christina Binkley wrote an interesting article on this very topic in The Wall Street Journal [...]
Categories: Copyrights, Design, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual property controversies, Legal resources, Patents, Policy, Trademarks, Uncategorized
Tags: artists, brands, copyright criminals, Design, entrepreneurs, Intellectual property controversies, inventors, law, Trademarks
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November 21, 2009
Michigan Tech joined hundreds of other academic institutions by celebrating entrepreneurship week. This week-long event celebrated the spirit of entrepreneurship on campus by inviting famous and inspiring speakers like Poppy King, author of the entrepreneurship book “Lessons of a Lipstick Queen“. Too see the video of Poppy’s Library reading and lecture click here: An on-campus [...]
Categories: Contests, Entrepreneurship
Tags: artists, authors, entrepreneurs, innovation, inventors, Poppy King
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September 16, 2009
Special thanks to my friend in Athens, Ga., Marc Lazar, for pointing out additional shape trademark possibilities. I have expanded the archive of these fascinating products. Note: The product image is followed by the issued trademark.
Categories: Design, Trademarks
Tags: artists, brands, controversial trademarks, Design, innovation, Intellectual property controversies, law, Trademarks
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June 10, 2009
J.D. Salinger, author of the classic Catcher in the Rye novel filed a lawsuit in Manhattan alleging that the authors of a sequel to his acclaimed novel have committed copyright infringement. In the complaint, Mr. Salinger alleges that the unauthorized sequel involves an elderly Holden Caulfield who leaves a retirement home to spend a few [...]
Categories: Copyrights, Intellectual property controversies
Tags: artists, authors, copyright criminals, Copyrights, derivative, fair use, Intellectual property controversies, law, license
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May 29, 2009
With the rise of Twitter it was inevitable that intellectual property issues would surface regarding “tweets” (information snippets under 140 characters in length). Some are concerned that copyright might stifle the ability to reproduce tweets for collaborative projects. Twitter itself states, “We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you provide. Your profile and [...]
Categories: Copyrights, Intellectual property controversies, Legal resources, Public domain
Tags: artists, authors, copyright, copyright criminals, creative commons, Intellectual property controversies, law 2.0, license, web
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March 28, 2009
Shame on you. That’s the purpose of Plagarius, a German cereremony that awards the most blatant knock-off artists. The purpose of the awards is to send a message that stealing innovations is not acceptable. Having their innovations knocked off in this manner can be an innovator’s worst nightmare. With some money and determination, they can [...]
Categories: Design, Intellectual property controversies
Tags: artists, brands, controversial trademarks, copyright criminals, derivative, Design, entrepreneurs, innovation, Intellectual property controversies, inventors, license, Trademarks
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