The seismic shift Over the last 50 years the fundamental determinants of value in the global economy have changed. Most prominent in this shifting economic landscape is the category of intangible assets of all forms including patents, trade secrets, copy and data rights, and brand value. Over a short period of time, the importance and…
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Keeping Secrets: How Magicians Protect Their Ideas
Magicians and their ideas have come to occupy an area known as IP’s “negative space,” an area where certain creative endeavors lack access to traditional IP protections.1 Scholars have identified other elements that operate in this space including furniture designs, tattoos, computer databases, and hairstyles, among others.2 Legal scholars can gain valuable insights from the…
Is Yik Yak Next?
Yik Yak, the anonymous messaging app sweeping college campuses nationwide, recently announced that it has closed a $62 million round of financing led by Sequoia Capital. Mike Isaac,1 This was the messaging company’s third round of venture funding in the past seven months, bringing its total funding raised to approximately $73 million.2 While to outsiders…