legal “Trademark King” wants Apple.com, YouTube.com, Target.com, Google.com, Elton John trademarks

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A couple weeks ago I wrote about Trademark King, Inc. The Indiana company had filed a trademark on Trademarking.com, a domain name owned by domain investor Rick Schwartz.

Not content to just go after billion dollar car companies and celebrities, Trademark King also filed trademark applications related to the NCAA Final Four, Google.com, Target.com, YouTube.com, Twitter.com and Facebook.com.

Rick Schwartz might wait around before going after the Trademark King, but these big companies aren’t going to just wait-and-see. And if Trademark King thinks he’s going to get paid off, he’s sorely mistaken.

Full Article: http://domainnamewire.com/2014/12/0...-target-com-google-com-elton-john-trademarks/

 

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Having read the comments on this and the previous post, I can only say that this is laughable.

I am assuming that he is looking to win at least one and then have this to fall back on (if the big companies don't get to him first):

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