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Nimeke- ja vastuullisuusmerkintö One cube to rule them all: a case study of the Rubik´s Cube, its imitators, a threatened community and intellectual property rights
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Sarjamerkintö ei-lisäkirjausmuodossa Intellectual Property Quarterly, ISSN 1364-906X ; 3/2021
Huomautus sisällöstä, tiivistelmä tms. Overzealous claims and enforcement of IP rights do not only endanger creativity and innovation but may also threaten a community and its cultural practices. This article highlights this issue through a case study of the Rubik’s Cube, which is protected by a thicket of intellectual property rights. Its owners and licensees have enforced their rights relentlessly over the past decades, which in turn threatens the speed-cubing community, which prefers to use rival puzzles which are superior to Rubik’s own cubes but are nevertheless deemed by Rubik’s to be mere pirated copies. This article’s approach is two-pronged: it scrutinises Rubik’s IP claims closely, and it casts a spotlight on the potentially negative impact that Rubik’s IP claims has on the existence and future of speed-cubing as a sport and cultural pursuit. Speed-cubing is not just a hobby; it provides a supportive and inclusive space for children and young people. Rubik’s IP claims threatens this very space.
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*520 $aOverzealous claims and enforcement of IP rights do not only endanger creativity and innovation but may also threaten a community and its cultural practices. This article highlights this issue through a case study of the Rubik’s Cube, which is protected by a thicket of intellectual property rights. Its owners and licensees have enforced their rights relentlessly over the past decades, which in turn threatens the speed-cubing community, which prefers to use rival puzzles which are superior to Rubik’s own cubes but are nevertheless deemed by Rubik’s to be mere pirated copies. This article’s approach is two-pronged: it scrutinises Rubik’s IP claims closely, and it casts a spotlight on the potentially negative impact that Rubik’s IP claims has on the existence and future of speed-cubing as a sport and cultural pursuit. Speed-cubing is not just a hobby; it provides a supportive and inclusive space for children and young people. Rubik’s IP claims threatens this very space.
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