Me Again Is Going After The Dictionary Now!

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1592220/lord-sugar-meghan-markle-prince-harry-archetype-podcast-twitter-news-latest

 

[jno]

heaven forbid anyone should try to trademark a common dictionary word like apple or blackberry.

[ToraToraTora]

MAABOF!

 

[THECORBYLOON]

From 23.2.18

"A new study scrutinising the millions of marks on the US trademark register has discovered that more than 81% of the 1,000 most frequently-used words in the English language are already registered as single-word trademarks."

https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/article/were-running-out-of-good-trademarks-groundbreaking-study-reveals-81-of-common-words-are-registered-marks

[Old_Geezer]

Trademarking existing words should either be banned or at least under some obligations, such as, maybe, if not actively used in the marketplace for, say, 5 years, the trademark ownership is lost and can't be reapplied for, for say, 15 years, maybe.

 

The idea you can prevent others using common words is a bit ridiculous. The whole system seems to need looking at.

[Deskdiary]

Nice try Jno.

 

Both Apple and Blackberry as nouns refer to err, Apples, Blacberries or tech companies, whereas archetypes is in common usage to describe things.

[jno]

Apple was registered as a trade name in spite of the Beatles already using it, as I recall.

It looks as though all you can do is apply and they'll toss a coin to say yes or no.

[THECORBYLOON]

"The idea you can prevent others using common words is a bit ridiculous."

Clearly that is false since, "apple" "blackberry" and "orange" can be used with only very limited restrictions.

[Old_Geezer]

How does it make it false, clearly or otherwise ?

[THECORBYLOON]

How am I or you prevented from using orange, blackberry or apple in day-to-day life?

[barry1010]

Lush, boots, footlocker, alphabet, ford, amazon, next, icon, oracle, tinder, kindle - all registered trademarks.  There are thousands more common words trademarked.  

It doesn't stop anyone else from using them, it only stops them using them as business names

[Canary42]

Your continuing habit of using silly and/or offensive names is becoming very very tedious.

[ichkeria]

I think someone has misunderstood.

[ichkeria]

As in: Lord Sugar

[Old_Geezer]

Ask Mr. Blackberry or Miss Apple how they got on with naming their company after themselves.

[ichkeria]

Lord Sugar is going to be suing Tate and Lyle at this rate 😀

[THECORBYLOON]

OG, "Ask Mr. Blackberry or Miss Apple how they got on with naming their company after themselves.

I wrote earlier, 'Clearly that is false since, "apple" "blackberry" and "orange" can be used with only very limited restrictions.' 

[Deskdiary]

"Silly &/or offensive names".

 

Are you referring to "Me Again"? If you are, you may find it silly &/or offensive, but I don't - I find it very apt. 

[Barsel]

Must be quiet in TT Towers today, bringing up this old news.

[mushroom25]

some years ago, Peterborough United had to defend themselves in court against Victoria Beckham. Both known as "posh", but who would win the trademark battle? Ms Beckham had very much the higher media profile, but in the end Peterborough were able to prove their use of the word dating back to the 1920s, well before even the Spice Girls' parents were but a twinkle.

[douglas9401]

You're surely not comparing a much-loved, enduring and internationally recognised figure with Meghan, mushoom. 😄