Yawn
Anyone who actually cares what Al Franken has to say (yes, I mean both of you!) should check out Bore America, which is temporarily being hosted at this site.
I’m falling asleep even from typing this, so I’m going to turn in now. G’night.
March 31, 2004
Fire Hasn’t Been Patented for Years
Add Reuters to the list of news agencies that can’t tell a patent from a trademark. And add blogger Stephan Kinsella to the list of bloggers calling the media on their inexcusable sloppiness.
All Fired™ Up
I mentioned on Monday that the first federal trademark application for the name “You’re Fired” was abandoned in 1996. Yesterday I noted that a certain Susan Brenner of Northbrook, IL was challenging Donald Trump’s current mark. However, I missed the connection between the two. As it turns out, the abandoned mark, No. 75554719, was originally filed in the name of Art N’ Soul, Inc., a corporation of which Brenner is the secretary. The original application listed International Class 035, and U.S. Classes 100 101 102. Trump’s lists International Classes 028, 041, and U.S. Classes 022, 023, 038, 050, 100, 101 and 107. So there is a minimial overlap between the classes sought on Trump’s application vs. those previously sought, then abandoned, by Brenner. I don’t think that really matters, though; what does matter is likelihood of consumer confusion, which at this stage appears to be nil.
Meanwhile, a seventh applicant has joined the fray.
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