Blog report: Michael Jackson, his music and the patent
29 June 2009
James Nurton, London
While pop fans worldwide mourned performer Michael Jackson this week, bloggers reflected on some of the IP issues raised by his death
Jackson’s invention
On the Discovery Channel’s blog, Tracy Staedter examined one aspect of his legacy that not many fans knew about – a US patent.
The patent was filed in 1992 for anti-gravity shoes used in Jackson’s stage performances and the blog shows a clip of the shoes in action. “A genius musician and this idea shows that his intelligence and creativity went beyond music,” says Staedter.
Meanwhile, new IPKat contributor Annsley Merelle Ward...
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