Simple Issues Mondo Cease and Desist Over Safe-To-Spend Trademark

http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/01/unsafe-to-say/

by jhuckestein • 11 years ago

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MCRed• 11 years ago

I don't believe this is a legitimate trademark under US trademark law. A simple description of a process is not protectable, as I understand it (this from being in a dispute and consequently reading a bunch of examiner filings.)

Money that is unencumbered is "safe to spend" and thus this is a phrase that describes a common industry state.

dubcanada• 11 years ago

It's not under US trademark. It's European.

juliendsv-mbm• 11 years ago

That's ridiculous ...

jonomacd• 11 years ago

wow...

I should spend more time trademarking generic sentences. Seems lucrative.

shassinger• 11 years ago

start with trademarking "trademark infringement"

gergles• 11 years ago

What a bullshit C&D. The mark is for "SAFE-TO-SPEND", including the hyphens. The bank is using safe to spend without the hyphens. The version without the hyphens is descriptive and almost certainly not actually trademarkable.

It's a scare tactic, that's all.

Simple Issues Mondo Cease and Desist Over Safe-To-Spend Trademark

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