IP, Part Two: The Baffling World of Trademarks

Ridiculous History

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🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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What does it mean to own an idea, a brand, a catchphrase or a concept? In part two of their continuing exploration of the weird world of intellectual property, the guys suss out what exactly is (or isn't) a trademark, and why people still find it so confusing in the modern day.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show, ridiculous historians.
0:29.1	Thank you, as always so much for joining us.
0:32.1	Let's hear it for The Man, The Myth, the Super Producer, Mr. Max Williams.
0:36.5	Super Docs. Oh, man. You guys ready. Max Williams. Super Thacks.
0:39.3	Oh, man.
0:42.8	You guys ready to get intellectual and a bunch of our property today?
0:43.3	I guess. Hey, hey, I will trade some marks.
0:46.6	They call me Ben Bullen.
0:48.6	Who is that?
0:50.8	Dulcet, music made man.
0:54.2	It's Mr. Noel Brown.
0:56.0	Oh, Ben, you instill my beating heart.
0:59.4	That's the kindest thing I've heard all week.
1:02.1	And I mean that.
1:03.6	Um, you know what?
1:04.3	I think of whenever I think of intellectual property.
1:06.8	What's that?
1:07.2	I'm a child.
1:08.1	What's that?
1:08.5	People often shorten it to IP.
1:10.3	And then I, my mind goes back to childhood to that old joke, IP freely.
1:15.0	You know?
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