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re: NFL bullies guy into giving up trademark on "Harbowl" and "Harbaugh Bowl
Posted on 1/24/13 at 5:04 pm to ProjectP2294
Posted on 1/24/13 at 5:04 pm to ProjectP2294
You going to opening weekend at the box?
I'll be there, let me know if you want to catch a game.
I'll be there, let me know if you want to catch a game.
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Posted on 1/24/13 at 5:19 pm to barry
Before Steve McNair entered the NFL, a couple of San Diego DJs trademarked the phrase "Air McNair"
He managed to get control of the name back, though I don't how it was resolved specifically
He managed to get control of the name back, though I don't how it was resolved specifically
Posted on 1/24/13 at 5:23 pm to busbeepbeep
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so you can't own real estate unless you personally live in it?
How many stupid analogies are you guys going to come up with?
RE is a physical asset buying it, even to capitalize on something else, like say Exxon building a new office park near by, is not remotely the same as taking someone else's name and copyrighting some clever play on it.
ETA: When you buy RE, you do have to pay the previous owner, same thing when you buy stock. You can't just file a form with the giv't that says you own stock.
I suspect you guys are just lashing out because you don't like Godell or the NFL as an entity.
This post was edited on 1/24/13 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 1/24/13 at 5:24 pm to Kafka
Because it was Steve McNair's nickname or because they used the term before him?
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:31 pm to barry
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You going to opening weekend at the box?
I'll be there, let me know if you want to catch a game.
Not sure, I'll let you know.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:34 pm to H-Town Tiger
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Because it was Steve McNair's nickname or because they used the term before him?
It was already his nickname in college. They tried to claim jump.
He did get it back, but I don't know the details
FWIW Pat Riley TMed the term "threepeat" and gets a royalty whenever it's used.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:41 pm to barry
So some SB tickets and accommodations and an autograph of goodell (that's weird) probably could've squashed this and the nfl would be made to look like it cares about the fans.
The nfl is starting to suck.
The nfl is starting to suck.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:42 pm to VegasPro
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Hate people trying to make money the easy way.
Yea frick being smart. No one ever got ahead that way in America. I mean who sees and open opportunity and goes for it? He should be out digging ditches like a real man to feed his family!
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:44 pm to stout
Yeah, anyone who sides with the NFL bullying this guy is retarded.
They didn't even offer him shite. They just stuck a gun in his face and jacked him.
They didn't even offer him shite. They just stuck a gun in his face and jacked him.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:52 pm to VegasPro
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He is only trademarking it to sell it later. He has no ties to any of it. It would be like u trademarking tebowing. Only done for money.
If you're the first person to think of trademarking something, and you go through the effort and spend the time/money to do so you deserve whatever comes of it.
Especially considering how much of a crapshoot it would be that some word becomes famous.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:52 pm to Jumbeauxlaya
frick the NFL. They should have thought of it first.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 6:54 pm to VegasPro
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I can't explain this if u think people do no work and just throw money in stocks. You understand risk?
yes, you idiot and the risk is that nobody ever wanted the names he copyrighted and thus it was a waste.
just like buying stock in a company that fails. Jesus christ it must be easy to be a stock broker.
Posted on 1/24/13 at 7:44 pm to barry
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VegasPro
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H-Town Tiger
You guys trolls or just dumb?
Posted on 1/25/13 at 1:34 pm to gthog61
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frick the NFL. They should have thought of it first.
This.
Posted on 1/25/13 at 2:32 pm to barry
I hate to say it but the NFL is in the right here. We have already been through this with the cyber-squatting laws. With the internet explosion people started trade marking things that they knew would someday have value to someone else. Their only intent was to sell it to the companies when they came calling. This is very similar to those rulings.
It really just comes down to a slippery slope that can get too complicated to properly regulate.
I will say though that I am surprised the NFL wouldn't award him his copy right costs. He probably could have at least won that by lawyering up.
It really just comes down to a slippery slope that can get too complicated to properly regulate.
I will say though that I am surprised the NFL wouldn't award him his copy right costs. He probably could have at least won that by lawyering up.
Posted on 1/25/13 at 3:55 pm to XequalsWhy
I agree with the real estate example. You buy land because you know that eventually it will increase in value. Holding onto that land without developing it doesn't make you a squatter.
If the Harbaughs had never made it to "The Big Game" (don't sue me NFL)then this guy would look ridiculous. Same as the guy who buys a plot of land and then finds out that the interstate ISN'T coming through his property.
If the Harbaughs had never made it to "The Big Game" (don't sue me NFL)then this guy would look ridiculous. Same as the guy who buys a plot of land and then finds out that the interstate ISN'T coming through his property.
This post was edited on 1/25/13 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 1/25/13 at 4:08 pm to Fewer Kilometers
Lots of commis in this thread
Posted on 1/25/13 at 4:11 pm to XequalsWhy
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I hate to say it but the NFL is in the right here.
No they're not. Not by a long shot.
The real estate analogies are spot on.
Posted on 1/25/13 at 5:25 pm to LordSaintly
I'm sorry I didn't explain myself well enough. This an IP question. There is always only going to be so much Real Property, but IP is almost limitless. that is the reason that they operate under different rules and why IP laws are vastly different than laws dealing with Real Property. This is why is was trying to point out why this is like the cyber-squatting craze and not like buying real estate. That is the point I was trying to make.
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