Not “To Be” : E-Prime & Mortality Salience
I took an intro sociology course in the summer of 1989. The syllabus included Ernest Becker’s ‘ Escape from Evil ’. I knew nothing of him...
Global Cultural Perspectives & IP Rights (see the New IPIC Video on YouTube)
An important conversation on 26 September 2019 between Scott Robertson (Past President of the Indigenous Bar Association in Canada and then of Nahwegahbow Corbiere Genoodmagejig law firm) now Counsel at Metallic Law and Patrick Smith (Past President of the IP Institute of Canada ) on Global Cultural Perspectives & IP Rights. External Link to YouTube video.
Get Your "Patent Pending" with a Provisional US Patent Application
A provisional US patent application gets a "patent pending" and can provide good value, affording 1 year to file a regular application.
Help With Trademark Matters
Trademark registrations provide better rights than without. But, some protection may exist by simply using trademark in the marketplace.
Estranged Bedfellows? Partnerships & Co-ownership of Patent Rights
Whether you and a few friends invented the next big thing – or even if you came up with it all by yourself and just need the right help...
Character, Pepe the Frog & Copyright
At some point, cartoonist Matt Furie’s Pepe the Frog character went from “peaceful frog-dude” to recurring character in white supremacist memes. Furie responded by partnering with the Anti-Defamation League in a #SavePepe campaign. He also made a YouTube™ video about some of his experiences in this respect. (The video was accessible via this link previously, but maybe the artist's Patreon still has something about it.) Copyright Dispute Resolved On another front, Matt Fu
