IPDuck: A Super Bowl Commercial Featuring . . . Trademark Law

Thursday, January 31, 2013

A Super Bowl Commercial Featuring . . . Trademark Law

Some of the commercials for the Super Bowl are being released early. Here's one by Samsung, which features . . . avoiding trademark infringement! Or perhaps Samsung just doesn't want to get sued again.

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Why a Duck?

The "IP" part of this blog's title is self-explanatory -- the abbreviation for the shorthand term "intellectual property." But what to call the humor part of the name? It turns out that the duck is the funniest animal alive. A 2002 study confirms that jokes mentioning ducks are funnier than others.

If you think about it, that makes sense. Think of the funniest joke you know, and replace one of the characters with a duck. It instantly becomes even funnier. You might not even need the punchline. For example, which is funnier:
"A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar . . . "
-- OR --
"A priest, a rabbi, and a duck walk into a bar . . . "

And needless to say, "Weird Al" Yankovic's "I Want a New Duck" is MUCH funnier than Huey Lewis' "I Want a New Drug."

Thursday, January 31, 2013

A Super Bowl Commercial Featuring . . . Trademark Law

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