All intellectual property rights are just licenses granted by society because it was thought, rightly or wrongly, that society as a whole would benefit by granting them. But in any particular situation, we have to ask: are we really better off granting such license? What kind of act are we licensing a person to do?
The most important thing about intellectual property vs. creative expression is that copyright law was created not to stifle creativity but to encourage creativity.
This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
Intellectual property is a key aspect for economic development.
The name 'The Beach Boys' is controlled by Brother Records Inc., which was founded by the original members of the Beach Boys and whose sole shareholders voted over a decade ago to grant me an exclusive license to tour as 'The Beach Boys.' With it, I've felt a great responsibility to uphold, honor and further our legacy.
A country without a patent office and good patent laws was just a crab and couldn't travel anyway but sideways and backwards.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.
Style is a capitalist invention. It's a trademark. It's very useful in the world of commerce to have a good trademark, but it wasn't my first concern. I got restless
The name Firefox is not part of the open source licence, and that's why it's important to us.
For years I had my hair parted down the middle in a ponytail, tucked down around the sides... Well, I went and cut the bangs, and I've been wearing them ever since. They say it's my trademark.
There were many, many other 'Django' films following mine, with other actors and directors, but there is only one 'Django.'
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is marketing. You've got a bunch of faceless people in a back room who trademark a name that sounds very official. Well, if you had thought of it first, you would have been the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
It certainly is a positive thing… having a trademark.
The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
I'm taking the name The Situation and I'm... like, I don't know, I'm turning it into The Corporation or something.
'Jeffree Star Approved' is copyrighted in America.
I guess I've maintained my hair. I'm like a Donald Trump. I have a good, solid head of hair, and that's been my trademark all these years.
Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
Certainly, I was typed. But what is typing? It is a trademark, a means by which the public recognizes you. Actors work all their lives to achieve that. I got mine with just one picture. It was a blessing.
I think legally we have to do 'fun' with a period. I think we agreed because apparently there was another band called 'fun.' We Google-searched, which now makes sense because we're so impossible to Google-search.
I'm a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.
I want to create my own legend, my own trademarks.
We all agree that manufacturers have a right to ensure that fake goods are not marketed in their names and that their own goods are not marketed under fake names.
The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his name or trademark.
Without my Johnson trademark mop of yellow hair, I think I would be nothing.
