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The article is a bit confusing. > Ultra Pro International, a case and sleeve company, announced plans to trademark the word “Doge.” Why does a 'case and sleev
by pyre 12y ago
The article is a bit confusing.
> Ultra Pro International, a case and sleeve company, announced plans to trademark the word “Doge.”
Why does a 'case and sleeve company' want to trademark the term?
> @UltraProIntl June 21, 2014 | 8:29 p.m.
> @DogeCarPR FWIW, we actually sought out the owner, signed a license & are paying royalties & donating to her charities :)
1. Who is this owner? (Don't assume that all readers know everything about Dogecoin or the Doge meme)
2. If they are licensing / paying royalties, how can the get a trademark? Wouldn't the owner be the one with rights to the trademark?
[edit: Reading the Twitter conversation, this seems to be paying for the use of the image of Kabuso (copyright), which has little to do with 'Doge' as a trademark.]
> With Rage Comics, companies were able to use them on their products because the original creator couldn’t quite be proven. The famous picture of Kabuso, the dog, can be found, and it seems as though they have been, but the word “Doge” may have a different creator. That creator would have automatic copyright under the Berne Convention.
This really needs an editor.
- What is the reference to Rage Comics about? Either explain it, or provide a link to more information.
- What does "they have been" refer to? The sentence reads as "The famous picture [...] can be found, and it seems as though they have been." Is this referring to the creator of the famous picture (meaning that some words are missing at the front of the sentence), or is it a typo for 'it' (referring to the picture itself)?
- What does automatic copyright of the 'famous picture of Kabuso, the dog' have to do with the trademark on the 'Doge' term?
> Three years ago this was a much simpler process that would favor their community over the company; however, President Barack Obama signed a law into effect on September 16, 2011 that caused a shift to favor the first company to file.
Is this true? I thought that it only applied to patents.
- fallinghawks 12y ago> 1. Who is this owner? I wonder if this is the owner of the Shiba Inu used in the meme. The dog's name is Kabosu, and the owner is a strong supporter of animal rescue charities. "Doge" is another story. I could certainly support paying Kabosu's owner for rights to use the image (most certainly it's never crossed the mind of the dogecoin folk, though they have donated to her). However, copyrighting "doge" in conjunction with Kabosu's image is another matter entirely.