Intellectual property

Businesses walk fine line when supporting Colts

February 5, 2010
Scott Olson
As Super Bowl approaches, companies unaffiliated with the Colts avoid becoming victims of the NFL's strict trademark-enforcement policies by supporting the team in generic fashion.
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Litigation slows entrepreneur behind laser weapons, flying scooterRestricted Content

January 30, 2010
Chris O'Malley
Anderson entrepreneur Pete Bitar has been slowed by litigation but still plans to spearhead a team in the competition to put a rover on the moon.
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Firm helps area high schools sell themselvesRestricted Content

August 25, 2008
Anthony Schoettle

Continental Enterprises, an intellectual property consulting firm, launched a service this summer to help area high schools register their logos, names and mascots as trademarks and establish licensing programs, assuring that schools will get a cut of all merchandise sales bearing their mark. This month, North Central High School, one of the state's largest, signed with Continental, and six to eight more schools are expected to follow suit within 60 days.


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CMG Worldwide takes tussle over vintage baseball cards to courtRestricted Content

July 21, 2008
Peter Schnitzler
New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig died in 1941 of a disease that came to bear his name. Six years later, second baseman Jackie Robinson famously broke through baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers, earning the league minimum $5,000. He died in 1972. Mark Roesler believes the best earning years still lie ahead for both legendary players, as well as many others like them. But first he must untangle their image rights in federal court in Indianapolis.
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Carmel firm to determine Vonnegut's worthRestricted Content

April 7, 2008
Peter Schnitzler
Many readers would call the Indiana literary legend Kurt Vonnegut's legacy priceless. Not Mike Pellegrino. His job is to estimate future sales of Vonnegut's work so his estate can be fairly divided today. That means Pellegrino will have to determine whether the author's popularity is more likely to wax or to wane in the years to come.
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Monroe photo ruling could sting CMGRestricted Content

May 14, 2007
Cory Schouten
Marilyn Monroe, one of celebrity licensing firm CMG Worldwide's highest-grossing clients, has raked in more than $30 million in licensing fees in the last dozen years--with roughly 25 percent of that landing in CMG coffers. But that spigot could slow to a drip if a higher court upholds a ruling early this month by a New York federal judge.
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