Patent Trademark facts
While investigating facts about Patent Trademark Office and Patent & Trademark Bureau, I found out little known, but curios details like:
All patents on Lego have expired and anyone can make Lego clones; they just cannot use the word Lego since it is a Trademark. Lego have lost 2 court cases (EU & Canada) because of this.
how to patent a trademark?
The Department of Commerce oversees and promotes the economy of the U.S., issuing patents, and trademarks, assisting in trade agreements with other countries, and supporting business and innovation.
What is patent and trademark?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what is patent trademark and copyright. Here are 24 of the best facts about Patent Trademark Copyright and Patent Trademark Search I managed to collect.
what is the difference between a patent and a trademark?
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A man named Anthony Mongiello held the patent and trademark to Stuffed Crust pizza, one of Pizza Hut's biggest products, and approached the pizza giant twice about licensing the idea. They brought the product to market without licensing his idea and Mongiello later sued for infringement but lost
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The NFL team Washington Redskins cited US patented brands such as Dumb Blond beer, Midget-Man condoms, Oh! My Nappy Hair shampoo, and Take Yo Panties Off clothing when a federal judge ordered the cancellation of their federal trademark registrations for disparaging Native Americans.
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Marcella had loved the Raggedy Ann doll so much that Johnny patented it, in 1915. In order to secure the registered trademark for Raggedy Ann the Gruelle's made a number of the dolls to sell. The dolls predated the first Raggedy Ann book by three years.
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In 2012 Ryan Lochte filed an application to trademark his personal catchphrase, "Jeah," with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. He abandoned the application before it was finalized.
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While any software patent for Tetris would have expired twice over by now, the Tetris Company holds a trademark on the grid itself and actively enforces it to C&D Tetris clones.
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In 2017 the Major League Baseball association issued a trademark dispute for the logo Blizzard registered for their Overwatch League, stating in their complaint to the United States Patent and Trademark Office that they felt Blizzard's logo was too similar to their own and may cause confusion.
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In 1967, the US Patent Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled the term 'Montessori' is generic. Therefore, in the U.S., the term can be used freely without giving any guarantee of how closely, if at all, a program applies Montessori's work.
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In 1997, A US biotech company got a broad patent to "Basmati Rice," which India had never trademarked. As a result of international outrage in 2001 it was revised and a narrower patent was issued.
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In 2014, the United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Samsung 4,952 patents in 2014, or an average of 13.5 a day. Apple, was awarded 2,003 patents last year. Among the patents that Samsung received last year was one for a phone with an aspect ratio of 21:9.
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Registering a trademark in the US Patent & Trademark Office can take 6 months to up to three years
What is true about patent trademark?
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Kobe beef is trademarked in Japan, but America doesn't recognize the patent allowing restaurants to market Wagyu beef as Kobe beef (Kobe is wagyu beef from a region of Japan)
The motorcycle gang "Dykes On Bikes" spent 3 years attempting to register their club's name with the US Patent and Trademark Office due to it containing a "term that is disparaging to a group of people" - source
When a Las Vegas businessman attempted to trademark Montana's unofficial slogan, "Last Best Place," the United States Congress passed a law to prevent the Patent and Trademark Office from issuing the TM. - source
Elijah Bond who patented the Ouija board in 1890 also trademarked the word Nirvana and incorporated a swastika in the name of his company.
The Hells Angels skull w/ wings insignia is officially trademarked with the U.S. Patent Office - source
When was the us patent and trademark office founded?
The website Despair.com has a trademark patent for :-(
How to patent or trademark a name?
Hasbro Gaming own the trademark and patent to the Ouija Board.
The U.S Patent & Trademark Office has the highest concentration of Asian government employees at 27.8%
The word "Escalator" was originally a trademark, but lost it's status when the Patent Office ruled it had become a generic word for moving stairs
The word "Jesus" is a registered trademark at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The US Patent and Trademark office had to rule on allowing a trademark for The Bearded Clam
