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Well both are handled by the same office so the confusion isn’t entirely surprising.
by User23 3y ago
Well both are handled by the same office so the confusion isn’t entirely surprising.
- gnicholas 3y agoPerhaps, but to the extent that the author is calling Mr. Chun's credibility into question, it seems important to get this bit right. According to Wikipedia, [1] it looks like he trademarked it, and held onto it for the next 20 years. It doesn't say what happened next, but apparently there is now a trademark for "the original aloha shirt since 1936" — very specific! [2] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_shirt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_shirt 2: https://trademarks.justia.com/868/27/the-original-aloha-shirt-since-86827465.html https://trademarks.justia.com/868/27/the-original-aloha-shir...
- User23 3y agoThat gives me a tangential thought. I'm not a lawyer, so I'd be interested if one specializing in trademark could chime in. Is there any kind of veracity requirement for a trademark? Or is it simply a matter of uniqueness. For example, could I register and then market a paint as 12,000 BC Cave Paint(tm), so long as nobody else beat me to it? My strong hunch is that there is no such requirement.