legal I See A Legal ThunderStorm Brewing Here - Company wants to trademark Pets.com, X.com......

[deez007]

47 / 72 Inc. is already drawing negative attention from celebrities because of its trademark filings.

A company has filed over 70 trademark applications in an effort to register trademarks similar to famous brands, popular slogans and terms used by celebrities and brand owners.

Mike Lin, who was an early employee at LinkedIn, told Domain Name Wire that 47 / 72 Inc.’s goal is to put these trademarks on t-shirts and other printable items.

Lin has spent $34,000 on trademark filing fees for trademarks such as Periscope, House of Mouse, Swiper No Swiping, Oh Snap! Chat., and even the names of Pokemon Go teams like Team Valor.

His company has also has applied for trademarks matching valuable domain names including Pets.com and X.com. Dot.com darling Pets.com now forwards to PetSmart.com and X.com was a predecessor to PayPal.

Read full story here:
https://domainnamewire.com/2016/09/06/l-company-wants-trademark-pets-com-x-com-famous-slogans/

 

[Wesley S]

good read, scary that trademarking is going to peoples heads. lol. oh well.

 

[deez007]

good read, scary that trademarking is going to peoples heads. lol. oh well.

Yeah dude...I was actually shocked at the level of arrogance and downright skanky attitude of the dude thats applying for these trademarks.

 

[iAchilles]

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[deez007]

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Hhahahahaha I rememember actually watching that episode... John Oliver is a legend!

 

[Akos123]

Even if he would get "Pets.com" and "X.com" as a trademark - which I don't think he will - he would still not be able to acquire those domains (based on trademark infringement) as those were already established businesses way before the trademarks were registered. Ironically, with registering the trademarks himself, all he does is save some money for the two companies by registering the trademarks for them. So I guess he just wasted $34,000 ...

 

[deez007]

Even if he would get "Pets.com" and "X.com" as a trademark - which I don't think he will - he would still not be able to acquire those domains (based on trademark infringement) as those were already established businesses way before the trademarks were registered. Ironically, with registering the trademarks himself, all he does is save some money for the two companies by registering the trademarks for them. So I guess he just wasted $34,000 ...

Hmmm I think in most of these cases, the only people coming out on top are the Attorney's they probably know he wont win the case but have given him some false hope just so that they can make money.