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johnm214



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Re: Showtime being sued over Californication show. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#7660813 - 11/20/07 09:46 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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OneLessForeskin said: You can't copyright a title.
I could write a book called "The Catcher in the Rye" about Jorge Posada getting turned into a sandwich at Katz's delicatessen.
of course not, but this isn't a copyright case, it is for the rights to the trademark.
In my opinion, this suit has some merit, but is stupid. The plaintiff's would have to show the likliehood of confusion, probably hard to do, but judges can be stupid.
And for whoever said it, you don't need to "trademark" your trademark for it to be a trademark. In other words, it doesn't have to be registered.
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Liquidkick
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Re: Showtime being sued over Californication show. [Re: THE KRAT BARON]
#7661140 - 11/20/07 11:30 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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whats this show about?
Haven't had time to breathe lately.
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pB0t


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Re: Showtime being sued over Californication show. *DELETED* [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#7661432 - 11/21/07 01:28 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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cosmoline
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Re: Showtime being sued over Californication show. [Re: pB0t]
#7661493 - 11/21/07 02:11 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Weeds then Californiacation kept me sane on mondays. Weeds did go downhill since the first season. I would have to say that season 1 of Californication is better then season 3 of Weeds, even though I have been following Weeds religiously since it came out.
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Shroomism
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Re: Showtime being sued over Californication show. [Re: THE KRAT BARON]
#7661817 - 11/21/07 07:52 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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People trying to trademark words and slogans is just fucking retarded period.
Like Paris Hilton suing someone for saying "That's hot".
Dumb ass fucking rich people.
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johnm214



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Re: Showtime being sued over Californication show. [Re: Shroomism]
#7661830 - 11/21/07 08:00 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Shroomism said: People trying to trademark words and slogans is just fucking retarded period.
Like Paris Hilton suing someone for saying "That's hot".
Dumb ass fucking rich people.
agreed, which is why you can't trademark words per se, you trademark their use as adjectives to describe your product
In some areas this is particularly lax, like cars, but the protects adjectives not knowns. And it only protects those adjectives when applied in a similar buisness model (unless you get into a famous mark which gets into dilution- a whole nother ball of shit)
But trademark law is actually pretty good in the US. Its just shitty companies that bully people that won't stand up for themselves.
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nuGGs
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Re: Showtime being sued over Californication show. [Re: johnm214]
#7661863 - 11/21/07 08:14 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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anyone seen that old flick that had flea in it as a squatter punk? i think its called The Rejected or some shit like that. he goes around spray painting TR everywhere and they eat copius amounts of acid at a Vandals show.
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