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Oh wow, they sued someone who used his last name as a domain name because they feel like their trademark should allow them to prohibit him from using his family
by fxtentacle 2y ago
Oh wow, they sued someone who used his last name as a domain name because they feel like their trademark should allow them to prohibit him from using his family name ... And obviously they registered their trademark after he started using his name.
- cowsandmilk 2y ago> And obviously they registered their trademark after he started using his name. Actually, the company’s trademarks are from 2017 and he got his name via marriage in 2020. Still a stupid suit
- freehorse 2y agoYes, but they registered it in 2022, which makes the case even more hopeless.
- bitwize 2y agoPrince Rogers Nelson's given name was a registered trademark of Warner Music. It took that whole stunt with him changing his name to Love Symbol #2 to get them to relent.
- fuzztester 2y agowow. i didn't know that prince was the same as prince rogers nelson (only vaguely remembered the name prince as a musician from dances at high school), so googled his name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)
- wlesieutre 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motors_v._Nissan_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motors_v._Nissan_Comput...
- runeb 2y agoCuriously, Scipio is also arguably one of the most famous family names from Roman Antiquity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Africanus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Africanus