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Applications
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Plot or Storyline Patent application seeks to patent the
underlying novel and nonobvious storyline of a fictional story.
Such protection is to be contrasted from the copyright protection
of one of millions of possible expressions of an underlying
storyline. The field of possible applications is broad, and
may tentatively be split into an entertainment-advertisement
dichotomy. The epitome of an entertainment application is an
original, thought-provoking, often shockingly unique movie plot.
Several potentially patentable features may have been found in the
plots of, Memento, The Thirteenth Floor,
Being John
Malkovich, Butterfly Effect, The Game, Fight Club, The Matrix,
Total Recall, The Truman Show, Minority Report, The Village,
Groundhog Day,
and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, to name a few.
The epitome of an advertisement application is one of the many
thoughtfully hilarious “Super Bowl commercials.”
Examples of Entertainment Applications of Storyline Patents:
Examples of Advertisement Applications of Storyline Patents:
Though the Federal Circuit has not yet ruled on the allowability
of Storyline Patents, Storyline Patent applications can
nonetheless be extremely valuable. Click
here for the expected value of a Storyline Patent application
submitted today.
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