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Video Game Lawsuit Highlights Intellectual Property Issues with Internet Memes

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Although we're moving quickly from humorous to played out, you'll still a number of brands use memes in their marketing and communications. That raises the question though, who owns those memes and can companies get in trouble for using them? Well, you can ask the developers of video game Scribblenauts as they were hit with suits from the IP owners of nyan cat and keyboard cat. Derek Allen, attorney with Winthrop & Weinstine and author on DuetsBlog, joins LXBN TV to explain whether or not this is something other businesses should be worried about.