Forum Post: What Balls! Couple wants to Trademark "Occupy Wall Street"
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 26, 2011, 10:10 a.m. EST by Blondie9
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I bet they haven't even been to a protest. This just seems wrong on so many levels!! http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/25/us/new-york-occupy-trademark/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2 "New York (CNN) -- A Long Island couple wants to trademark the slogan "Occupy Wall St." with the intent to sell sweatshirts, T-shirts, bumper stickers and hobo bags, among other merchandise.
"I'm no marketing genius, but when you got something that's across 50 states, it's a brand now," said 44-year-old Robert Maresca of West Islip, New York.
Maresca's wife, Diane, filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 18 and paid a fee of $975."
Oh Thank GOD! I'm glad they got the ball rolling! http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/31/how-do-you-measure-success-for-occupy-wall-street-movement/?hpt=hp_c1
How would one send the US patent & trademark office an objection?
Shows how backassward the current corporate idea-prison of copyright and patent law have become.
I can see absolutely no one actually buying a corporate patent protected OWS t-shit. I hope they eat the loss of that $1k.
Hmm, I've heard about the "hahaha" posts. Maybe the movement has already started the whole process, who knows.
WHAT?! This is bullshit!