February 20, 2006

Life Imitates Futurama

That's Head In A Jar(tm) brand, patent pending. Accept no substitutes.

Posted by Chris at February 20, 2006 12:44 PM

Category: Life Imitates...
Comments

Can you claim an episode of MST3K as prior art?

Posted by: Jim of St. Grimblefig's Monastery at February 21, 2006 02:41 AM

Dunno. One of the tabs on that page shows that he originally filed in 1987; when did MST3K start?

It's probably moot anyway. The 'INPADOC legal status' tab shows that his application expired in 1995 'due to failure to pay maintenance fee'.

Posted by: Chris of Dangerous Logic at February 22, 2006 12:53 PM

According to the FAQ at Satellite News (http://www.mst3kinfo.com/mstfaq/index.html)

Q: What is its broadcast history?
A: It first aired as a local program on KTMA-TV in the Twin Cities (Minneapols-St. Paul, Minnesota) area from November, 1988 to May, 1989. ...

But of course, the movie that they showed (The Brain that Wouldn't Die) is much older than that (1962 according to IMDB).

Posted by: Jim of St. Grimblefig's Monastery at February 22, 2006 11:51 PM

Aha! Now we know why he didn't pay his maintenance fee!

Posted by: Chris of Dangerous Logic at February 23, 2006 08:12 AM