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发帖数: 370 | 1 Jeremy Lin might soon own “Linsanity.”
Lin, who has rejuvenated the New York Knicks over the last
two weeks, moved to take control of the catch phrase that’s
encapsulated his meteoric rise, filing an application on Feb. 13
with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, according to the
agency’s website.
The filing came six days after Yenchin Chang, a 35-year-old
Alhambra, California, resident with no ties to Lin, became the
first to apply for a Linsanity trademark, according to the
website.
A second filing was made on Feb. 9 by Andrew W. Slayton of
Los Altos, California, and on Feb. 14 there was another filing
by Yoonsoo Stephen Kim of Duluth, Georgia.
“We’re prepared to enforce his intellectual property
rights,” Pamela M. Deese, a partner in the law firm Arent Fox
LLP, said in a telephone interview, confirming that she had
filed the application on Lin’s behalf.
Trademark applications generally take about three months to
be examined and published, according to Gary Krugman, a partner
at the Washington-based firm of Sughrue Mion. As Lin, 23, is the
subject of the phrase Linsanity, he would probably be successful
in opposing an application filed earlier than his own, Krugman
said.
“Nobody can register a mark if it falsely suggests a
connection with a person or an institution,” Krugman said in a
telephone interview. “I would guess that Jeremy Lin would be
able to oppose on the grounds that Linsanity points uniquely and
unmistakably to him.” | a******e
发帖数: 5411 | 2 cool.
so it is not first come first serve.
kinda remind me of how facebook founder stole the idea from the stupid twin
good looking brothers. |
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