How design rights can add value to a business
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Out-Law - During the height of the craze for ‘beanie babies’, their maker Ty Inc helped protect its monopoly position by registering hundreds of its products for design protection. At roughly the same time Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls and accessories
Good luck finding Dunnys, those popular vinyl figures
Fresno Bee - The more exclusive ones can fetch hundreds of dollars on eBay. It all equals a Beanie Babies-meet-baseball-cards kind of collectibility. Dunny lore says there are spots in each box where the best ones are hiding. Fanatics are willing to buy whatever is

