01-27-2014, 05:36 PM
simple:
accolade wouldn't do anything
but bubsy's current IP holder could
remember that IP, just like any other sort of property, can be handed around, bought and sold, traded, etc.
And when companies liquidate, they often end up selling their IPs to whomever wants to buy them. So yeah, company-held IPs continue to exist and be owned by companies as long as companies buy them.
I guess if no one had bought it, then it would be treated like a person dying? That is, the copyright/trademark would persist for a limited time afterwards before becoming public domain.
but lol I'm not IP lawyer, so this is all idle speculation on my part
accolade wouldn't do anything
but bubsy's current IP holder could
remember that IP, just like any other sort of property, can be handed around, bought and sold, traded, etc.
And when companies liquidate, they often end up selling their IPs to whomever wants to buy them. So yeah, company-held IPs continue to exist and be owned by companies as long as companies buy them.
I guess if no one had bought it, then it would be treated like a person dying? That is, the copyright/trademark would persist for a limited time afterwards before becoming public domain.
but lol I'm not IP lawyer, so this is all idle speculation on my part