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What do Rudy, Blue Chips, and The Social Network have in common?

They all reflect college life on screen, but behind the scenes, colleges and universities are also carefully managed intellectual property (IP) machines.

On IP Goes Pop!®, Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushue break down the business of IP in higher education, focusing on how universities use trademark law, licensing agreements, and copyright law to control their identities.

Listen for a breakdown on how schools protect logos, mascots, color schemes, slogans, and other brand assets across athletics, merchandise, and media.

They also looks at NIL rights and the important line that remains in place: student-athletes can now monetize their personal brands, but universities still control their own trademarks and institutional IP.

If you have ever bought a college t-shirt and cheered for your alma mater in school colors, this is the IP behind it all.

Find IP Goes Pop!® on your favorite podcast app or listen now on our website!

Season 7 Ep 3: The IP of Higher Education From Animal House to The Social Network, college has always been one of pop culture’s favorite backdrops. While colleges are often depicted in movies and TV as institutions of endless partying, behind the scenes, colleges are also carefully managed intellectual property machines. Colleges and univ...

What happens when a hip-hop legend creates an album so exclusive it becomes a legal case study?

In 2015, Wu-Tang Clan released one copy of "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin."

The album was sold, seized, resold, and now...it’s part of a lawsuit asking whether music itself can be a trade secret under federal law.

In the latest episode of IP Goes Pop!, hosts Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushue break down how this once-in-a-lifetime album could redefine how artists protect their creations.

Wu-Tang didn’t just change hip-hop. They might have changed IP law.

🎧 Listen now: https://www.vklaw.com/podcasts-ipgp-606-wu-tang-clan-album-could-rewrite-music-law

Would you have kept it secret, or shared it with the world?.

You can find this episode by searching IP Goes Pop!, on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you find your other podcasts!

Season 6 Ep #5 Shaolin Secrets: Wu-Tang Clan’s One-Of-A-Kind Album Could Rewrite Music Law What happens when one of the most legendary hip-hop collectives of all time turns its art into a first-of-its-kind legal case? In this episode of IP Goes Pop!, hosts Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushue enter into the legal and ongoing cultural journey behind Wu-Tang Clan’s infamous one-of-a-kind albu...

🕸️ With great power comes great responsibility… and sometimes, great patent disputes.

In our latest IP Goes Pop! episode, we swing through Spider-Man’s history — from comics to cinema — and explore the IP lessons behind the wall-crawler’s legacy.

⚡ What you’ll hear:

👉Why “Spider-Man” has a hyphen

👉How a toy web-shooter sparked a Supreme Court battle

👉What licensors & entrepreneurs can learn about royalties

🎙️ Visit the newsroom section of vklaw.com or find IP Goes Pop! in your favorite podcaster to listen now!