10-20-2007, 03:45 AM | #1 | ||
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RANT: Threepeat, Rocktober. WTF
Remember when Phil Jackson tried to convince everyone that he invented the word Threepeat? Now the Colorado Rockies are claiming they invented the word Rocktober. WTF Don't these people have better things to do?
Rockies trying to trademark Rocktober. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...ocktober_N.htm Google Rocktober and you will find over half a million websites that have nothing to do with the Colorado Rockies.. I attended the 5th annual Rocktober Fest here in CA and did not see any Colorado Rockies players there. Should the guy that owns Rocktober.com be worried he is going to be forced to give his web site to the Colorado Rockies?
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10-20-2007, 05:34 AM | #2 |
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What is going to happen to little Randy and his Rocktober Sandwich, oops website? rocktober.com
I think we may have just found George Costanza.
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10-20-2007, 06:20 AM | #3 |
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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
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10-20-2007, 07:02 AM | #4 |
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Something tells me you need to learn the difference between "invent" and "trademark"
They are not mutually exclusive. Trademarking it could make them millions in merchandise sales. If it isn't already trademarked, they'd be idiots not to try to get it first. |
10-20-2007, 07:31 AM | #5 |
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Idiocy
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10-20-2007, 08:34 AM | #6 |
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Maybe some people should learn what a trademark is before getting all indignant.
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10-20-2007, 08:38 AM | #7 |
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Also, Pat Riley has the trademark for threepeat, not Phil Jackson.
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10-20-2007, 09:18 AM | #8 |
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10-20-2007, 09:53 AM | #9 |
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There are probably bigger problems to worry about then whether or not the Rockies have a trademark on the word Rocktober
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10-20-2007, 10:19 AM | #10 |
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There is a difference between trying to trademark something and being successful at doing so. As TroyF said, they're being financially smart. There's a good chance the effort will fail, however, for precisely the reason that you suggested - the word is already widely in use by others for reasons that have nothing to do with the Rockies.
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10-20-2007, 10:42 AM | #11 | |
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It doesn't matter--they'll register with regards to sports merchandise and promotions or something like that.
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10-20-2007, 10:45 AM | #12 | |
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And if that works, why wouldn't they? And how would that be wrong, if the trademark is limited to sports merchandise? What other sports team would the trademark make any sense for? |
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10-20-2007, 10:46 AM | #13 | |
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Yeh, that was my point to begin with.
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10-20-2007, 11:14 AM | #14 |
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http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?...ate=111sbv.1.1
Search for "Rocktober" and you can see exactly what they're registering it for. Also of note: Activision registered Rocktober in August in relation to computer/video game software.
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10-20-2007, 11:16 AM | #15 |
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Rocktober? Seriously?
Looks like I'll be rooting for the AL team. |
10-20-2007, 11:44 AM | #16 |
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If they don't win the World Series, Rocktober will go away pretty fast anyway.
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10-20-2007, 12:14 PM | #17 |
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If it means the team is likely to stay competitive for the next decade or so, I'm all for it.
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10-20-2007, 01:12 PM | #18 |
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I'm going to trademark the phrase "New Yoktober".
It's defined as when the Yankees don't make it out of the first round, so ESPN decided to ignore the teams that are left and just give round-the-clock coverage to the Yankees anyways.
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10-21-2007, 11:11 AM | #19 |
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What about Sucktember?
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10-21-2007, 11:43 AM | #20 |
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I think we're pretty familar with that here in KC SI
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10-21-2007, 12:29 PM | #21 |
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I invented "Boom goes the dynamite."
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