Did you see the recent Carte Blanche piece called
'Stripper Scam' (first shown on 4 February
2013)? The one with 'bare-butt butlers' showing off
their assets at 'bachelorette parties'. The one where
presenter Devi Sankaree Govender subjected viewers to a host of
dreadful puns: the villain with 'bare-faced cheek', finally
being 'caught with his pants down'. If so, you may
have thought anything from 'Exciting times these, so much
choice' to 'Gosh it's a tacky
world'. But the chances are that you didn't once
think intellectual property (IP). You should have, though, because
- as is so often the case - IP played a major role in the
story. And Devi even gave you a very strong clue, when she
said that one of the parties had consulted with a trade mark
attorney.
