Tuesday, July 10, 2007

3964

Would your dog walk under an umbrella?

IPWatch offers an obscure patent each day, and I thought this dog umbrella (2003) had possibilities--not for any dog I've ever known, but someone might have one. Take a look.

According to the site, the term intellectual property is now commonly used to refer to the bundle of rights conferred to owners by each of the following fields of law: (1) patent law; (2) copyright law,; (3) trademark law; (4) trade secret law; and (5) the right of publicity. The About Us page says: "IPWatchdog.com is dedicated to providing a free, reliable and easily understandable resource on intellectual property law and related topics. We promise to demystify intellectual property and explain to you what it is, why you would want to consider obtaining intellectual property and how to go about obtaining worthwhile protection. We also explain various pitfalls to avoid, as well as what you can do to help yourself."

Today's cartoon really speaks truth to me.

1 comment:

JAM said...

The home computer I've been using for years was slow enough that I couldn't even download and archive home videos on it. It wasn't fast enough to handle the vast numbers of bits being thrown at it via video.

I just received a new one about a week and a half ago, and the first thing I noticed was how darn fast the boot up time was. Lovely.

Though a computer is much more complex than a tv or stereo, with millions upon millions of lines of software just in the operating systems. TVs and stereos don't have that weight on their shoulders.