Disney is a merchandising titan whose licensed consumer products generated $30 billion in global sales last year, up from $12 billion when Mr. Mooney joined the company a decade ago.
HDMI is a licensed consumer electronics connection designed for flat screen TVs and things that connect to them: Blu-ray players, games consoles, PCs etc. Monitor manufacturers usually support more than one standard to increase the chance that their screens will work with more devices, though adaptor cables can sometimes bridge the gap.
Carrying, growing or selling marijuana without a licence could bring prison terms, but licensed consumers could grow up to six plants at a time at home.
"That could mean broadcast sports, sports camps, the ability to license consumer products around the EA Sports brand," he continued.
Mr. Mayer, the publisher of The Licensing Letter, is skeptical that regional tourist attractions can promote many more visits by licensing consumer goods.
Throughout her 18-year career as a daytime talk-show host, with the enormous influence she wields in the marketplace, she has turned down numerous requests to license consumer products.
Similarly, neither artists nor the technology companies - again, excluding Google - have been able to master the methods of monetization that is the stock-in-trade of the studios and the TV business: theatrical revenues, licensing consumer products and the efficient sale of advertising on a mass scale.
The technology, which will be licensed to consumer electronics manufacturers, gives listeners "the illusion that they are surrounded by five speakers, or in a recording studio". said its chief developer, David McGrath, research director at Lake Technology, which is based in Sydney, Australia.
Judicial decisions also have the potential to influence translational pathways through pertinent legal cases, such as those involving patenting and licensing, consumer interactions with companies, or communications between patients and healthcare providers by means of wrongful birth suits [ 58, 59].
But what Intuit purchased was not Mint's core financial data aggregator, notes Anil Arora, chief executive of Yodlee, a 10-year-old company that licenses its consumer finance management technology to Mint and more than a dozen other companies.
Kaufman also suggested that "Tasty's strong brand and massive fan base give it almost limitless avenues for expansion — from cookbooks to licensing to consumer tech".
