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The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization was first held on April 26, 1970. Since then, the global community has seen the exponential growth of the importance of intellectual property. WIPO started World Intellectual Property Day in 2000 to help “raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and design…

Consor Wants to Know: Is It Making a Difference? April 22 marks the annual celebration that we have come to know as Earth Day. In 1970, the first Earth Day was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson to inform the public about environmental issues. 40 years later, Earth Day has…

Patent Reform, Satellite Radio and Other IP Hot Topics Leads to Revitalized House Subcommittee Chaired by U.S. Representative Robert Goodlatte, R-VA, the newly reinstated House Subcommittee will focus on intellectual property, copyrights, information technology and antitrust matters under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Formerly titled the House Judiciary Subcommittee…

CONSOR Asks Some Tough Questions About A Functional Betty Boop – What Does A Recent Court Decision Mean to Licensing? The image of Betty Boop conjures up a sense of nostalgia. Created by Max Fleischer in the 1930s, the Betty Boop character has a baby face with big eyes, but…

Marilyn Monroe’s estate has agreed to sell the rights to the iconic celebrity to Authentic Brands Group LLC and NECA Inc. for a reported $30 million. The valuation was based upon a six times revenue multiple, derived from an estimate of roughly $5 million in annual revenues. The purchasers, with…

The Sweet 16 are making their way to the Elite Eight, and then Final Four hits The Road to Cleveland! Consor may have just violated some of the NCAA’s trademark rights by repeating all those commonly used tournament terms. It’s just March Madness really – oops we did it again.…

Celebrity endorsements have been effective in recent decades to help with various natural and manmade disasters. Businesses normally use celebrities to promote brand awareness. We see celebrity ads all the time – Oprah Winfrey for Progressive, Jason Alexander promoting Jenny Craig, as well as Peyton Manning and Justin Timberlake teaming…

Charlie Sheen is EVERYWHERE. And soon the public will be able to buy everything that is Charlie Sheen. In the works are a 32-page comic book-style biography (to be offered by Bluewater Productions), a Tiger Blood energy drink (already in production by Harco Laboratories), not to mention t-shirts, mugs and…