Paper engineering (the art and science of creating pop-ups and paper sculpture) has inspired a growing, albeit still small, product category dubbed paper art. The sector has attracted a number of entertainment/character licenses over the past 18 months or so: Lovepop announced early in December that it had introduced a 3D paper art collection tied […]
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Going Virtual
Property owners have been licensing virtual reality applications since at least 2015, with activities intensifying in 2016 as the major high-end VR headsets were released. The number of deals seems to be proliferating quickly this year as more licensors become interested in and comfortable with the technology and as more consumers are able to experience […]
Crowdfunding in the Licensing Business
New research on crowdfunding and its use by the licensing community was presented for the first time as part of the Licensing University panel “Crowdfunding: A How-To for Licensors and Licensees” at Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas this week. Some highlights: Rewards-based crowdfunding, in which financial backers receive some sort of material reward for […]
Kickstarting New Content
Some of the most successful crowdfunding programs to date have been those supporting the creation of new content based on classic characters: Aardman Animations ran a campaign to relaunch Morph, a stop-motion-animated character that had not appeared on television for 15 years. It generated £110,000 ($158,390) to fund 15 one-minute episodes for YouTube; U.K. children’s […]