IP Christmas 12 Days
The Yuletide Season brings out some the most classic and valuable intellectual property rights. Consider the following products, services, and creative works with a view to their associated trademark, copyright, trade secret, and patent assets, including the public domain lyrics to “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
On the First day of Christmas my true love sent to me “A Partridge in a Pear Tree” Wine by Wyldewood Cellars.
A Partridge in a Pear Tree relates to a Christmas Collectible wine from Wyldewood Cellars. The “A Partridge in a Pear Tree” brand wine as the first collector’s bottle in a set of 12! Their delicious semi-sweet white grape blend is perfect for serving with a Holiday meal and makes a great Christmas present. Wildwood Cellars is a family-owned vineyard and winery located in Peck, KS, about 20 miles south of Wichita, KS.
The winery has received over 500 International Awards for our wines, and our Spiced Wine was featured at the 2002 Winter Olympic Village. In addition to over 40 different wines, they also produce a variety of products with no alcohol. Their Elderberry Concentrate is 100% pure elderberry with no added sugar, alcohol, or preservatives.
You can also make your own Partridge in a Pear Tree cocktail. Mary Berry, for example, has a recipe for a magnificent drink to be served as an afternoon tea, called “A Partridge in a Pear Tree” based on the 12 days of Christmas. This delicious cocktail involves mixing Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or – a sweet whiskey matured in Bourbon casks and then extra matured in Sauternes barriques, along with Xanté – a blend of pears and Cognac . So grab your favourite Champagne glass and give it a go. To this, you add (a) ½ teaspoon Nectar D’Or; (b) 1 teaspoon Xanté; and (c) a good champagne of your choice. Add the spirits to the glass first and then top up with Champagne. No need to stir. Exquisite![/su_spoiler]
On the Second day of Christmas my true love sent to me “Two-Turtle-Doves” Gold Flutes by Waterford.
“The Call of the Birds,” relate to both composition copyrights (long since expired) and the present performance copyrights in a piano composition by French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (25 September 1683 – 12 September 1764), who was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François Couperin. Five Golden Rings relates to the copyrights and trademark in a new connected game show from Talpa and in the UK and the Netherlands’ SBS6 with air set for early 2017. Enjoying a key launch at the MIPCOM in 2016, 5 Golden Rings is a physical game show that’s played out on a giant interactive LED floor. Players are given a quintet of rings and must answer questions over five levels. A projection on the floor forms the basis of each question (i.e., a map upon which contestants have to identify a certain spot). Players must put the rings on the correct answer, but the rings become smaller throughout the game making it more challenging. At-home viewers are also able to ring answers on their phone and become part of the experience. In Six Geese a-Laying, Christmas is approaching, and Ginny is looking forward to the birth of her first baby. It’s a pity her partner Dan is so useless, and she has to keep reminding him where he’s going wrong. Luckily she’s enrolled into the most exclusive antenatal class going – all the highest achieving, smartest mothers-to-be aspire to be taught by the legendary Petal Harmon. Like the other five women in the class, Ginny already knows exactly what she wants, and how she’s going to handle motherhood. As Ginny discovers what parenthood is really going to be like, she begins to realize the things that really matter. The work offers a twist on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. “7 Swans-A-Swimming” relates to the trademark of a craft beer from The Bruery, a boutique craft brewery located in Orange County, CA. The Bruery specializes in barrel aged and experimental ales. Founded as a small, friend & family run business in 2008, The Bruery takes it’s unique moniker from founder Patrick Rue’s family surname. 7 Swans-A-Swimming is the 7th beer in our “12 Days of Christmas” series. For this verse of the story, The Bruery brewed to style. No bells, no whistles, just our best take on the Belgian Quadrupel style. Alcohol by volume (ABV): 11.00%, the beer is brewed with nothing but water, malt, yeast, hops and a bit of Belgian dark candi sugar, the beer may not be as out-of-the-box as some of our past winter brews, but it’s just as tasty. Rich and complex, this robust dark ale juggles notes of raisin bread, dried apricots, burnt caramel and roasted pecans. “Eight Maids Milking” relates to the copyright of PNC Bank Commercial (2014) in a video available for viewing on YouTube.com. As edgy as is the video, the theme plays off of the very special and creative PNC Christmas Price Index. The Christmas Price Index is a tongue-in-cheek economic indicator, maintained by the U.S. bank PNC Wealth Management, which tracks the cost of the items in the carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. The Christmas Price Index was conceived by the bank’s chief economist as a humorous commodity price index to measure the changing cost of goods over time. Commodity price indices, as compiled by economics, use a “market basket” of certain goods and then measure the cost of the goods from year to year to gauge inflation in different sectors of the economy. Nine Ladies Dancing Dance Academy With two convenient locations in Saukville and Grafton, and highly trained professional dance instruction, Nine Ladies Dancing is a place where students learn the art of dance in a positive and moral driven environment. “Ten Lords A-Leaping” relates to the copyright in a book by by C.C. Benison from the Father Christmas Mystery series and has received positive ratings. As the story goes, although Father Tom Christmas serves his little church in enchanting Thornford Regis with a glad and faithful heart, he never expects to find himself skydiving to raise money for it. Nor, safely back on the ground, to see two of the other divers leap from the plane, then tangle in a midair punch-up and begin falling to the earth. “Eleven Pipers Piping” relates to the copyright in a T-Shirt from Zazzle.com that plays off the Twelve Days of Christmas theme, but with at twist of the bird, not the instrumentalist, pipers. Zazzle.com is an American online marketplace that allows designers and customers to create their own products with independent manufacturers (clothing, posters, etc.), as well as use images from participating companies. Zazzle has partnered with many brands to amass a collection of digital images from companies like Disney and Hallmark. Zazzle claims to have over 300 million unique products listed on the site. The patent chronicles the development of the well known bass drum that has been used since the 17th century in military training and ceremonies, but particularly for marching into battle, for intimidating the enemy and raising the morale of the native troops, and us a privilege of the Janissary (an elite unit similar to the French Foreign Legion, recruited from Christian children taken from the enemy). “Two Turtle Doves” relates to the trademark and copyrights in Waterford’s Two-Turtle-Doves Gold Flute. The Flute is from Waterford’s 12 Days of Christmas Collection and presents as a stunning new crystal flute featuring a luxurious gold rim with exclusive Turtle Dove etchings filled with gold, over the iconic Lismore pattern. Each flute is made of lead crystal and comes with a golden wine charm containing a clear jewel in the center. This stunning collection unites two of Waterford’s most enduring representations – the symbolic iconography of the 12 Days of Christmas Ornament Collection and the beloved Lismore pattern.
On the Third day of Christmas my true love sent me to a “Three French Hens” Boutique
Relates to local common law trademarks in several separately owned shops. Whether you are in Fairhaven (near Bellingham), Washington; Nolensville (near Nashville), Tennessee, or Wildwood (near St. Louis), Missouri, “Three French Hens” has proven to be a very popular name for boutiques featuring apparel, furniture, decor for home, purses, scarves, jewelry & hats, as well as pillows, wall hangings, dishes and linens, cards, candles, books, and soaps.
On the Fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me “The Call of the Birds” piano composition by Jean-Philippe Rameau.
On the Fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me the “5 Golden Rings” connected game show by Talpa.
On the Sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me “Six Geese A-Laying” by Sophie Kinsella.
Six Geese-A-Laying relates to the copyright in a special Christmas gift for fans of Sophie Kinsella, who provides the work available to download for free! The download includes a mini short story, Six Geese a-Laying, and sneak peak at the first chapter of Sophie’s fabulous new novel, I’ve Got Your Number.
On the Seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me “7 Swans A-Swimming” Belgian Quadrupel Beer from The Bruery.
On the Eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me the “Maids Milking” YouTube video by PNC Financial.
On the Ninth day of Christmas my true love sent me to the “9 Ladies Dancing” Dance Academy in Saukville, Wisconsin.
On the Tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me the “Ten Lords A-Leaping” mystery by C.C. Benison.
On the Eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me an “Eleven Pipers Piping” T-Shirt by Zazzle.
On the Twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me the Drummer’s “Drum” Patent No. 7,378,584 by Inventor Beat Frank.
Twelve Drummers Drumming relates to patent rights. What could be more appropriate for day twelve of the 12 Days of Christmas IP than the patent by inventor Beat (yes, that’s his first name) Frank of Lucerne, Switzerland. In 2008, Frank received patent number 7,378,584. The invention relates to a drum cart for allowing the drummer to hold and move a bass drum.