IP Funny -- Intellectual Property Humor

Is that a banana in your pocket?

A reader suggested we blog on the BananaGuard.  I finally found where I had seen it before.  The Invent Blog previously posted on it.
    

Today's Dilbert

Today’s Dilbert mentions patents.

More Turkey Day IP Goodness

Pull out the Miracle Whip and some bread, time for some Thanksgiving leftovers.  The Patently Obvious blog has a post on Thanksgiving at the USPTO .

Use my name and I'll sue you

Trademark Blog on registering your name as a trademark and/or copyright and then suing anyone who uses your name (i.e., suing the government for trademark infringement when they send you a tax bill).

Museum of Obscure Patents

Fun IP Humor site:  IPWatchdog.com's Museum of Obscure Patents

Enjoy Turkey Day...but be careful out there

Deep-frying turkeys has become quite the rage lately.  My family has done it several times, but the women have told the men that Thanksgiving is off limits.   No problem -- the less time I spend watching over a deep fryer, the more time I spend watching football.

If you want to try deep-frying, perhaps you can use the gizmo below, which is described in US 6,711,992.

If you do it, be careful out there, and be sure to follow the Safety Tips of the Underwriters Laboratories (pay special attention to the video of a real fryer fire).  If you don't, you might just set your garage on fire.  And there's nothing funny about that.

Cool inventions

Time Magazine has released its list of "2004's Coolest Inventions."  Of course, you have to be a Time subscriber to view the article (or go buy a paper copy of the magazine).

Let them know you're an attorney from the minute you arrive on the scene

WARNING:  Non-IP Related humor follows....

Looking to identify yourself as an attorney?  What better way to do so than to emblazon it on your vehicle?  Slap this beauty on the backside of your late-model and you'll surely stand out from all the other attorneys arriving at the scene.

Purchase here.

Vibrating shoes?

Ananova:  A Czech man has invented special vibrating shoes to help blind people 'see' with their feet.  [Article]

Why Guys Shouldn't Cook

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