IP Goes Pop

Volpe Koenig Intellectual Property Law

IP Goes Pop explores the interface between intellectual property(IP) and popular culture. Patents, trademarks, and copyrights are often referenced in popular movies, television and songs, but who owns the rights to creative expression? How long does a patent last? What makes a trade secret truly secret? Is the media getting it right when reporting on intellectual property issues? Hosted by intellectual property attorney Michael Snyder, with guest colleagues, inventors, writers, and creators, this lively, bi-weekly podcast discusses intellectual property with a pop-culture twist.

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IP Goes Pop

Episodes (60)

Jun 9th Stuck In the "Middle" of IP Law with You (Patents, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets)
Apr 15th College Meets IP: The Intellectual Property of Higher Education
Apr 3rd If You're Not Firsts, You're Lasts: Intellectual Property Lasts

IP Goes Pop

Jun 9, 2026
37¾ minutes
50 MB

Explore the "middle" phase of intellectual property protection. The period between filing and final protection is a crucial phase where strategy, negotiation, and risk management take shape. Using pop culture references ranging from Quentin Tarantino films to Willy Wonka and Jurassic Park, hosts Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushe connect famous middle acts in entertainment to the middle stages of the patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright processes. This episode of IP Goes Pop!® breaks down: What "patent pending" actually means from publication to examination How the patent examination process can strengthen a...

IP Goes Pop

Stuck In the "Middle" of IP Law with You (Patents, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets)

Volpe Koenig Intellectual Property Law

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