Protecting IP, Ambush Marketing, and Major Sports Events: The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Case Study

Protecting IP, Ambush Marketing, and Major Sports Events: The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Case Study

Hi IP’ers,   Hoping your exam seasons are wrapping up smoothly!   With former VANOC President and CEO, John Furlong, making his recent pitch to the Vancouver Board of Trade for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games, I thought it was fitting to explore how the 2010 Games handled their IP protections for my term paper. […]

Nike is suing MSCHF, the maker of Lil Nas X’s “blood shoe”

Nike is suing MSCHF, the maker of Lil Nas X’s “blood shoe”

https://www.businessinsider.com/nike-lil-nas-x-satan-blood-shoe-mschf-lawsuit-2021-3   Hi all,   You likely recall the artist Lil Nas X’s record-setting run atop the “Billboard Hot 100”, where his song “Old Town Road” stayed in the #1 spot for 17 straight weeks (overtaking Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” and Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day”, both of which held the #1 spot for 16 weeks). […]