Julie King
@kingpatentlaw.com
Patent, trademark, and other IP attorney (some business law, too). I 🖤 rock & roll, punk, cats, & horror, & I will talk your ear off about all of that. I'm not your lawyer. This isn't legal advice. This is Radio Clash.
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Julie King
@kingpatentlaw.com
· Aug 19
ATTENTION CREATORS: The Contract from the Black Lagoon is real. I break down 3 traps for influencer and marketing contracts: 1. Lost Copyright (Siren's Song), 2. FTC Fines (Leviathan Grip), 3. Damaging Use and Deepfakes (Reputational Whirlpool). Protect your assets! bit.ly/44znmnb
The Contract From The Black Lagoon: Legal Traps For Influencers, Brands, And Marketers - King Patent Law
What if the contract for your next big brand or marketing deal was actually a monster, and it just swallowed the rights to your best work? Sometimes, what looks like a great influencer or marketing co...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
ATTENTION CREATORS: The Contract from the Black Lagoon is real. I break down 3 traps for influencer and marketing contracts: 1. Lost Copyright (Siren's Song), 2. FTC Fines (Leviathan Grip), 3. Damaging Use and Deepfakes (Reputational Whirlpool). Protect your assets! bit.ly/44znmnb
BREAKING NEWS: Coca-Cola Sued Over Its Attempt to Cash in on Johnny Cash’s Vocal Style with an Impostor
The John R. Cash Revocable Trust just filed a lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company regarding the right of publicity and Tennessee’s new ELVIS Act!
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The John R. Cash Revocable Trust just filed a lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company regarding the right of publicity and Tennessee’s new ELVIS Act!
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Coca-Cola Sued Over Its Attempt to Cash in on Johnny Cash’s Vocal Style with an Impostor
YouTube video by King Patent Law
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November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Coca-Cola Sued Over Its Attempt to Cash in on Johnny Cash’s Vocal Style with an Impostor
The John R. Cash Revocable Trust just filed a lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company regarding the right of publicity and Tennessee’s new ELVIS Act!
youtube.com/shorts/VaUWz...
The John R. Cash Revocable Trust just filed a lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company regarding the right of publicity and Tennessee’s new ELVIS Act!
youtube.com/shorts/VaUWz...
Reposted by Julie King
Coca-Cola | Go the Distance
YouTube video by Coca-Cola
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I am so nerding out over this Cash v. Coca-Cola right of publicity / ELVIS Act lawsuit!!! I am a music nerd and IP law nerd and used to practice in TN. Trifecta!
I bet I'm going to get banned from Coca-Cola's YouTube channel for my comment there.
Here's the complaint www.wkrn.com/wp-content/u...
I bet I'm going to get banned from Coca-Cola's YouTube channel for my comment there.
Here's the complaint www.wkrn.com/wp-content/u...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I am so nerding out over this Cash v. Coca-Cola right of publicity / ELVIS Act lawsuit!!! I am a music nerd and IP law nerd and used to practice in TN. Trifecta!
I bet I'm going to get banned from Coca-Cola's YouTube channel for my comment there.
Here's the complaint www.wkrn.com/wp-content/u...
I bet I'm going to get banned from Coca-Cola's YouTube channel for my comment there.
Here's the complaint www.wkrn.com/wp-content/u...
Awesome! Just in time for my posts next week that include that Tom Waits example to illustrate right of publicity!
Expect that Waits v Frity-Lay case to be cited in plaintiff briefs and judicial rulings. Also the Bette Midler v Ford case.
You'd think marketing firms would learn, but clearly not.
Expect that Waits v Frity-Lay case to be cited in plaintiff briefs and judicial rulings. Also the Bette Midler v Ford case.
You'd think marketing firms would learn, but clearly not.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Awesome! Just in time for my posts next week that include that Tom Waits example to illustrate right of publicity!
Expect that Waits v Frity-Lay case to be cited in plaintiff briefs and judicial rulings. Also the Bette Midler v Ford case.
You'd think marketing firms would learn, but clearly not.
Expect that Waits v Frity-Lay case to be cited in plaintiff briefs and judicial rulings. Also the Bette Midler v Ford case.
You'd think marketing firms would learn, but clearly not.
We go out for Thanksgiving now because doing all that cooking and cleaning up the mess for our tiny family doesn't make sense, but in the last few years we did bother to cook, I was removed from pumpkin pie duty because I forgot to add the sugar. Don't bake while working, folks!
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We go out for Thanksgiving now because doing all that cooking and cleaning up the mess for our tiny family doesn't make sense, but in the last few years we did bother to cook, I was removed from pumpkin pie duty because I forgot to add the sugar. Don't bake while working, folks!
I'm working on some "fun" posts for next week. I'm using a Tom Waits vs. Frito-Lay case to make some points AND tying it to aquatic horror.
One of my favorite things about being a solo attorney is that I don't have a boss telling me my social media content is "too weird" or "too political"!
One of my favorite things about being a solo attorney is that I don't have a boss telling me my social media content is "too weird" or "too political"!
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I'm working on some "fun" posts for next week. I'm using a Tom Waits vs. Frito-Lay case to make some points AND tying it to aquatic horror.
One of my favorite things about being a solo attorney is that I don't have a boss telling me my social media content is "too weird" or "too political"!
One of my favorite things about being a solo attorney is that I don't have a boss telling me my social media content is "too weird" or "too political"!
Your patent freedom-to-operate search found a patent your invention may infringe. Time to panic? NO.
This isn't legal advice & I’m not your lawyer. Please seek the counsel of a licensed attorney for your specific legal needs.
Stay legally sharp & keep rocking your IP!
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This isn't legal advice & I’m not your lawyer. Please seek the counsel of a licensed attorney for your specific legal needs.
Stay legally sharp & keep rocking your IP!
youtube.com/shorts/hTfNS...
What if Your Patent Freedom-to-Operate Search Finds a Problem?
YouTube video by King Patent Law
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November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Your patent freedom-to-operate search found a patent your invention may infringe. Time to panic? NO.
This isn't legal advice & I’m not your lawyer. Please seek the counsel of a licensed attorney for your specific legal needs.
Stay legally sharp & keep rocking your IP!
youtube.com/shorts/hTfNS...
This isn't legal advice & I’m not your lawyer. Please seek the counsel of a licensed attorney for your specific legal needs.
Stay legally sharp & keep rocking your IP!
youtube.com/shorts/hTfNS...
My favorite personal AI garbage example. It shows Google AI search saying a restaurant doesn't exist when the actual search result just above it proves it does. Sorry for poor screen photo quality. If anyone can fix it without it looking like it's fake, please do.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My favorite personal AI garbage example. It shows Google AI search saying a restaurant doesn't exist when the actual search result just above it proves it does. Sorry for poor screen photo quality. If anyone can fix it without it looking like it's fake, please do.
Guess how effective this part of my contact form is!🙄😞
Tempting just to shut it down.
Tempting just to shut it down.
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Guess how effective this part of my contact form is!🙄😞
Tempting just to shut it down.
Tempting just to shut it down.
What Is a Freedom-to-Operate Patent Search, and What Are the Risks of Skipping One?
A patentability search asks: Can I get a patent on my idea? An FTO search asks: Does someone else already have a patent that I will infringe?
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A patentability search asks: Can I get a patent on my idea? An FTO search asks: Does someone else already have a patent that I will infringe?
youtube.com/shorts/DLquc...
What Is a Freedom-to-Operate Patent Search, and What Are the Risks of Skipping One?
YouTube video by King Patent Law
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November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What Is a Freedom-to-Operate Patent Search, and What Are the Risks of Skipping One?
A patentability search asks: Can I get a patent on my idea? An FTO search asks: Does someone else already have a patent that I will infringe?
youtube.com/shorts/DLquc...
A patentability search asks: Can I get a patent on my idea? An FTO search asks: Does someone else already have a patent that I will infringe?
youtube.com/shorts/DLquc...
Your Legal Epitaph: Why the Standard Will Fails Your Intellectual Property Legacy
Patents and trademarks can't be transferred by a will alone. Your business operating documents and licenses need to be involved as well, as do government transfer documents.
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Patents and trademarks can't be transferred by a will alone. Your business operating documents and licenses need to be involved as well, as do government transfer documents.
youtube.com/shorts/f0bp4...
Your Legal Epitaph: Why the Standard Will Fails Your Intellectual Property Legacy
YouTube video by King Patent Law
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November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Your Legal Epitaph: Why the Standard Will Fails Your Intellectual Property Legacy
Patents and trademarks can't be transferred by a will alone. Your business operating documents and licenses need to be involved as well, as do government transfer documents.
youtube.com/shorts/f0bp4...
Patents and trademarks can't be transferred by a will alone. Your business operating documents and licenses need to be involved as well, as do government transfer documents.
youtube.com/shorts/f0bp4...
That said, I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to be in a trademark niche for the horror industry! Patents, too! 💀👻🧟🧛🏻🪦🔪🩸😱
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
That said, I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to be in a trademark niche for the horror industry! Patents, too! 💀👻🧟🧛🏻🪦🔪🩸😱
When I was 17, I worked concessions and ticket sales at a recently converted art house theater that had been a porn theater not long before that, and I've been practicing law for over 25 years, so it's hard to shock me or gross me out. Yet. Ew. I'm glad my niche isn't porn trademarks.
a man in a plaid shirt and tie is saying i can never unsee that
Alt: a man in a plaid shirt and tie is saying i can never unsee that
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November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
When I was 17, I worked concessions and ticket sales at a recently converted art house theater that had been a porn theater not long before that, and I've been practicing law for over 25 years, so it's hard to shock me or gross me out. Yet. Ew. I'm glad my niche isn't porn trademarks.
The problem with some trademark searches is that the results are going to be 90% cute pet-related goods and services and 10% omg-my-eyes porn goods and services. And I'm not even prudish.
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The problem with some trademark searches is that the results are going to be 90% cute pet-related goods and services and 10% omg-my-eyes porn goods and services. And I'm not even prudish.
What if the real problem with my work desk and chair is that I'M ergonomically incorrect?
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What if the real problem with my work desk and chair is that I'M ergonomically incorrect?
This kind of news sustains us in these dark times. First, because we love to see them fail so spectacularly, and second, because we love shit like this that cures us for a while of any inappropriate impostor syndrome.
when all the lawyers on your timeline go off at once
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This kind of news sustains us in these dark times. First, because we love to see them fail so spectacularly, and second, because we love shit like this that cures us for a while of any inappropriate impostor syndrome.
Robert Plant on the happy side of IP law this time. His symbol is no longer just a feather in the wind 😁.
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Robert Plant finally secured a US trademark for his feather symbol - Led Zeppelin News
Robert Plant has successfully registered his feather symbol from Led Zeppelin’s fourth album as a trademark in the US, almost a year after he applied for it. LedZepNews revealed in March that lawyers ...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Robert Plant on the happy side of IP law this time. His symbol is no longer just a feather in the wind 😁.
ledzepnews.com/2025/11/15/r...
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"Just after we make sure we redacted them to the point of uselessness and destroyed the really bad ones and all records of them entirely."
If some non-extradition country offered sanctuary to a brave member of DOJ who leaked all the unredacted files, truth might set us free from a lot of evil men.
If some non-extradition country offered sanctuary to a brave member of DOJ who leaked all the unredacted files, truth might set us free from a lot of evil men.
The US Justice Department will release files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation within 30 days, Attorney General Pam Bondi said, after Congress voted nearly unanimously to force President Donald Trump's administration to make them public reut.rs/43EIs3j
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Just after we make sure we redacted them to the point of uselessness and destroyed the really bad ones and all records of them entirely."
If some non-extradition country offered sanctuary to a brave member of DOJ who leaked all the unredacted files, truth might set us free from a lot of evil men.
If some non-extradition country offered sanctuary to a brave member of DOJ who leaked all the unredacted files, truth might set us free from a lot of evil men.
Let’s look at the specific risks of poor intellectual property succession planning. These are the ghosts of your assets (patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and the business itself) that haunt your legacy if you fail to plan properly.
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The Four Ghosts of Poor Intellectual Property Succession Planning
YouTube video by King Patent Law
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November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Let’s look at the specific risks of poor intellectual property succession planning. These are the ghosts of your assets (patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and the business itself) that haunt your legacy if you fail to plan properly.
youtube.com/shorts/j4yTq...
youtube.com/shorts/j4yTq...
IP is not like a regular asset that upon their death will either transfer automatically or be handled easily by the executor. IP is different. Patents and trademarks require active maintenance and use to survive and special documents to transfer ownership.
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Intellectual Property vs. General Estate or Business Assets: The Terrifying Difference at Death
YouTube video by King Patent Law
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November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
IP is not like a regular asset that upon their death will either transfer automatically or be handled easily by the executor. IP is different. Patents and trademarks require active maintenance and use to survive and special documents to transfer ownership.
youtube.com/shorts/tJOOp...
youtube.com/shorts/tJOOp...
Big thanks to the journalists covering the sandwich throwing trial. Your puns are delightful. Sweet and savory, even.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Big thanks to the journalists covering the sandwich throwing trial. Your puns are delightful. Sweet and savory, even.
The Petrifying Patent Problems With Overseas Manufacturing: Securing Your Idea at the Factory
The minute you send your blueprints to a manufacturer, you introduce a massive risk of intellectual property theft. Here's how to deal with that.
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The minute you send your blueprints to a manufacturer, you introduce a massive risk of intellectual property theft. Here's how to deal with that.
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The Petrifying Patent Problems With Overseas Manufacturing Securing Your Idea at the Factory
YouTube video by King Patent Law
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November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Petrifying Patent Problems With Overseas Manufacturing: Securing Your Idea at the Factory
The minute you send your blueprints to a manufacturer, you introduce a massive risk of intellectual property theft. Here's how to deal with that.
youtube.com/shorts/mB6d5...
The minute you send your blueprints to a manufacturer, you introduce a massive risk of intellectual property theft. Here's how to deal with that.
youtube.com/shorts/mB6d5...
Why are most CLE presenters so boring? It's like working in larger firms sucked all the personality out of them. 🤔
Didn't we all train in law school to become engaging public speakers so we could better persuade judges and juries? I don't even litigate but I still need to engage my clients.
Didn't we all train in law school to become engaging public speakers so we could better persuade judges and juries? I don't even litigate but I still need to engage my clients.
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Why are most CLE presenters so boring? It's like working in larger firms sucked all the personality out of them. 🤔
Didn't we all train in law school to become engaging public speakers so we could better persuade judges and juries? I don't even litigate but I still need to engage my clients.
Didn't we all train in law school to become engaging public speakers so we could better persuade judges and juries? I don't even litigate but I still need to engage my clients.
Freedom-to-Operate Patent Searches: Avoiding the Specter of Infringement
This search aims to answer the question, "Can I legally sell this product without being sued?"
It looks at active patents to see if your invention contains components any of those patents protect
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This search aims to answer the question, "Can I legally sell this product without being sued?"
It looks at active patents to see if your invention contains components any of those patents protect
youtube.com/shorts/1W4FR...
Freedom-to-Operate Patent Searches: Avoiding the Specter of Infringement
YouTube video by King Patent Law
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November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Freedom-to-Operate Patent Searches: Avoiding the Specter of Infringement
This search aims to answer the question, "Can I legally sell this product without being sued?"
It looks at active patents to see if your invention contains components any of those patents protect
youtube.com/shorts/1W4FR...
This search aims to answer the question, "Can I legally sell this product without being sued?"
It looks at active patents to see if your invention contains components any of those patents protect
youtube.com/shorts/1W4FR...