IP Funny -- Intellectual Property Humor

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Weird patent attorney offices

Via a reader, check out the “weird patent attorney” office shown in this picture:  
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schnappi/122073583/

Remember to proofread BEFORE filing your motion

From a reader:

 

"See the file.  Make sure you read the doctor's note on page 2."

“Mmm, that’s good Martian”

OK, so it isn't "IP"...but this article in the New Yorker gave me a good laugh this morning.

WHAT I’D SAY TO THE MARTIANS

Aesthetics and patents

Dennis Crouch on “Aesthetically Pleasing Patent Found Indefinite.”

Contrast with our previous post on unaesthetically pleasing patent drawings.

Shitticisms and other Dickcissel topics

"Words and phrases that sound gross but aren't"

Bizarre patent application

Here's a very bizarre patent application.  US20050055221.
Question.  Is the "inventor" mocking the US patent system or is the inventor something else?
[Via Nipper from one of his readers]

Yellow Snow

OK, not IP, but tasteless, stupid I Pee humor.  If you find animated yellow snow offensive, don't click this link.  ;)

Don't Feed the Lawyers T-Shirt

Need a gift idea?  Nolo sells a “don’t feed the lawyers” t-shirt. 

The shirts at BustedTees.com can be pretty funny too:

Someone else must have put those there, honest

What to do when porn images pop up on screen during the CLE you are teaching...