Metalcore is RUINED?!

[@NikNocturnal]

Smash like and leave a good old BLEGHH in the comments to help save metalcore

[@JustK4Y1512]

*BLEGHHHHH*

[@DarknessIsTogether]

When Grunge Artists Died And Grunge Bands Stopped To Being Popular For New Rock Fans Is One Thing But Metalcore Never Ruins So Fast

[@rcourtney3]

BLEEEEGH

[@Ryo7_7]

Architects is right! 🤘😂

[@EpicGmr101]

(casually screaming my lungs out) BLEGHH

[@Alizael]

*Copyright-friendly "Bleh"*

[@profound369]

Blagh

[@gianclgar]

Blehg

[@JamboP26]

Bleagh

[@Snakeplisskin440]

Idk why but I instantly thought of "meh" then thought, what if someone copyrights "meth" so instead on the street they have to be "meh" dealers selling "meh". Okay that's enough internet now. I leave.

[@borogove]

Or, as it's a German trademark, "Blech".

[@mikoajnierada7857]

Now Architects have to make a full BLEGH song (like only this one word in lyrics) to mess with that nonsense

[@JustK4Y1512]

Seeing BLEGH

[@mentaltelepathy24]

You think you can take me to court go on and BLEGHHHH

[@timklafke4712]

⁠@@JustK4Y1512holy blegh

[@akarbit3r111]

featuring Chris Motionless

[@Mora-tp1rl]

@@JustK4Y1512 I felt it when they said: We only ever love you when stop using "BLEGH". BLEGH!!!!! Seeing BLEGH!!!!

[@khagarat]

Imagine Alex Terrible copyrighting every animal noise

[@benydavid1253]

Poor animals...

[@ethanp1erce]

@@benydavid1253pay up bears. These are my roar$ now. - Alex Terrible, probably.

[@seanriley2534]

​@@ethanp1erce It's funny cause he's the only one crazy enough to try and fight the bear if it doesn't pay 😂

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

@@seanriley2534 to be honest he would even fight it if id did pay 🤣🤣🤣 I´m not sure how justin bonitz and dicky allen would react tho

[@SylviusTheMad]

You can't trademark a word that is already being widely used. This will never survive a court challenge.

[@snail5]

Ya and it's not just that the word is widely used. Like, that word is already widely used in this specific context?? I really hope somebody does take this to court, or that the business removes their trademark (I assume they can do that)

[@King63Kobra]

Yes but their trademark is only being applied to merchandising, and considering its the name of their shop, I think it would survive in court. You can't make merch with BLEGH as a prominent feature, but they can't stop people from using it, especially in songs

[@maskharat]

@@King63Kobra BLEGH is in wide use in merchandise. She sells Metalmerch, trademarking BLEGH was a hostile takeover of a widely used term. People that used and sold merch with the BLEGH print prior to her can file for nullification of the trademark. A lawsuit would only be needed if the trademark office declines the nullification filing. But it simply wouldn't hold up in court. On that note, I think I'm gonna look at terms she also uses in her shop and try to trademark them.

[@AutoReport1]

Not true. It can't be used in a descriptive sense for that product. You can't trademark "windows" alone for windows etc. you can trademark it for something other than windows. Likewise you can't trademark glass, clear, frosted for windows because they are purely descriptive. Blegh is not descriptive for a T-shirt or a mug (and it's not how you spell bleh). Ford is a commonly used descriptive word, but it's a valid trademark because it's not descriptive of the products trademarked. Also trademarks in Germany don't apply elsewhere, not even the EU (you can file an EU trademark, even would trademarks although for the latter you need to specify which countries).

[@bloodmutt]

Classic abuse of trademarks

[@SamBrockmann]

That's not going to stand up in . . . Any Court Ever. 😂😂

[@ircubic]

There's nothing intrinsically illegal here. It's not uncommon, nor illegal, to trademark a commonly used word. Remember, someone trademarked the word "Apple," which is a fairly basic word. But they've kept it because it's trademarked in the context of electronics, not fruit sales. (where it would have been a legitimate barrier towards operation of companies dealing with apple sales)

[@SamBrockmann]

@@ircubic , you sound like one of those morons who thinks he's educated but can't even tell whether something is a joke or not.

[@CGGS_0]

This has to be a bit. I can''t imagine someone ironically trade mark blegh

[@z0phi3l]

@@ircubic Going to fall under common use, kinda like how kleenex and zerox are common words and the rights holders can't really do much about it

[@joshshultz1250]

@@ircubic What other context is the word "Blegh" used in though... that's like trademarking a word for all of it's context.

[@Pechbird]

I'm also German, the worst part is that at 2:47 you can even see the address and the name. The good lady probably wants a lot of mail xD

[@Cyber_Chriis]

Uhhh 🙃

[@chazhartwayne6493]

worst part is, she absolutely is part of the metal scene, too

[@yaroslavmiroshnikov]

this should be pinned and forced everywhere

[@playeronthebeat]

Email is found at their Impressum at the bottom of their page. Seems less expensive to me than old school mail and it's free for everyone to participate lol

[@DutchViRuSs]

@@playeronthebeat email is easy to ignore tho. imagine getting 500 letters everyday 😂

[@ChadSkittles]

I have just received a cease & desist for vomiting in my own bathroom

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

gold 😂

[@k-town873]

It's only copyrighted in Germany which costs about € 800. Someone was to poor to buy the rights for the EU.

[@ger5956]

I think I’ll trademark “fun metal things” 😅

[@seanarmendariz2558]

Without context. That merch line looks like a rip off of Ohrions merch lol

[@AsherOvSacrifice]

glad i wasnt the only who thought that 🧍

[@letthatonemarinate]

Great, now how am I supposed to get my BLEGH bread board?! There goes my idea for charcuterie-core

[@ouroborus6951]

Well tbh, in german a hella lot of people use bread boards so why not trademark them.

[@joshshultz1250]

BLEGHD board.

[@letthatonemarinate]

​@@joshshultz1250😂

[@ryantannar5301]

getting the trademark and actually defending that trademark in court are very different things. give it time, they'll lose the trademark in time. It's not exactly the same thing but it's kind of like how photoshop tried to crack down on the use of the term as a verb and lost.

[@RextheRebel]

Private ownership of ideas and words should be illegal.

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

yes. I mean how stupid can you be to rademark a word or idea, thats already widely used? You think you will get a lot of money`Hahahahaha thats a good one : D: :D

[@cjlister8508]

Thats dumb. Being able to protect your ideas is the foundation of capitalism. If you cant protect your ideas then theres nothing to stop anyone else stealing it.

[@evanblake5252]

This reminds me of when the Fine Bros tried to trademark "React" or "Reaction".

[@cjlister8508]

Not even nearly similar.

[@evanblake5252]

@@cjlister8508 Seems similar to me.

[@kleigh4824]

now someone has to make a song that is titled "blegh" and it's just "Blegh" for 5 minutes straight

[@mikoajnierada7857]

Architects have to release it, like that one parody

[@p3chv0gel22]

Why was the first melody, that came to my mind the imperial march from star wars?

[@toyotaecw]

The Chester Bennington version of Blegh

[@Markus-z5u]

Shit just layer the bleghs from death core vocalists and put it on loop to make one breakdown full song..

[@tommykraft9648]

In case you wondered, no Blegh has no meaning in German. Somebody just got a worker at the patent office really really confused

[@coldmoonlight6361]

Okay, the baby BLEGH bib is pretty freaking genius lol

[@loganfillipionasort1220]

"BLEGH!" IS FOR THE PEOPLE!!!!

[@Taylagio]

What's next.... someone gonna trademark Djent? 😂

[@marcelruetters]

don’t give them ideas!

[@SlipknotGlazer515]

Djent is a genre

[@overdev1993]

Djent is dead

[@SlipknotGlazer515]

@@overdev1993 I like meshuggah tho:(

[@Velakor9150]

@@overdev1993 far from it. Listened to the most insane EP released this year from MIRAR??

[@Samael_Morningstar666]

I just Imagine Lamb Of God playing a show and the door gets kicked in because of the beginning of Resurrection Man

[@zdoggzero6595]

The BLEGHS on the walls so you might as well just admit it

[@MikeWerner24]

Wtf. This better not mean no Chris Motionless bleghs!!!!!!

[@AsherOvSacrifice]

😔 Im sure they still will use them. I hope

[@MrFrootcakeOfficial]

I don't think music is affected, fortunately. From my understanding, this only prevents people from selling merch (like a shirt or a hat) with the word "blegh" printed on it.

[@ChuggyMusic]

remove the E in BLEGH, replace it with EA or AE. Simple as.

[@ZX_STH]

BLÆGH

[@Metallniete]

Blägh!

[@troysmithfr]

Or just add a C somewhere

[@xenonvoid1780]

​@@ZX_STH lmao why does that work so well?

[@shura_screams]

Not with EA, then we would have to spend extra money for it

[@DovahkiinJeff]

Just ignore it. Can't sue everyone at the same time. Tactics like this work because people don't actually have the time to follow up on lawsuits and continue to hound people who ignore them. Same with local government. This is a joke. Especially when dealing with country-country relations. Ignore and all will leave.

[@Sasfoot]

I saw a guy wearing a BLEGH hat a Megadeth concert a few weeks ago. Naturally, the first person I thought of merch wise was Ohrion. Now I'm wondering if it was something else.

[@ejune0381]

Bro needs to sue ASAP

[@keres666]

Randy Blythe is devastated.

[@joshshultz1250]

Randy Bleghthe

[@SpawnerOFF]

Now, Will Ramos should trademark Pig squeals, so that Pigs would need to learn new sounds

[@bajonett889]

Infinite money glitch, im gonna start a company named shit, ice spice's gonna be mad as hell

[@d333m0]

BLEGH!

[@elitadunn24]

I’m trademarking the word ‘The’ in Times New Roman so nobody better use it or prepare to pay up

[@AnthonyBowman]

OHRION in the mud!

[@OblivionFalls]

Remember when Dimmu Borigr said "Blegh" SIX TIMES in a row at the end of Allehelgens Dod I Helveds Rike? That was over 20 years ago!

[@scaryguyy]

I have to correct you. It was seven times 😄

[@sentientcardboarddumpster7900]

How can a copyright be retroactive? We've been using the word for years now

[@KeanuChrist]

I would just rename my merch with “bleeeegh!”

[@rubevanderwielen9323]

There's a town in Belgium called Bree, what are they gonna do, trademark it and rename it??

[@Xynth25]

The Germans can come and find out.

[@dookieeater]

They already have…twice. Didn’t work out.

[@overdev1993]

no thats Douglas

[@spiritbomb7000]

@@dookieeater beat me to it 🤣

[@fbgmduck]

WWII part 2? lmfao this time Ryan's saving his own privates!

[@xenonvoid1780]

HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON, OLD MAN??

[@Werewolf914]

The Germans can have the Bree, I might even be fine with them having Arfs Arfs, but Bleghs are like the national flag of Corekids everywhere there is no Metalcore without Blegh 😆 Graystone needs to trademark Bock Bock and cockadoodledoo

[@jenn_irl]

As a very teeny tiny, started just this year, store. I beg you not to come after me for Baddiecore 🙏 It's basically all I have left after getting a strike because of this person. I beg you! 😭

[@IDontKnowAUsername4444]

I love how bro will crack up at his own jokes. I can relate to that on a very deep level

[@manifestationsofasort]

Reminds me of the makeup brand who thought they owned the word "grunge" and went after any other indie (because they knew they didn't have a chance against any brand that could actually afford lawyers) makeup brand who used the term 💀

[@kraatakans]

In order for something to be a trademark it needs to posses “distinctive character” ie. a consumer would need to see/hear etc the mar and be be able to associate that sound with a particular brand/company without any likelihood of confusion between other brands (or in this case sounds). So yeah, super unlikely this’ll happen, and even if it did it would be pretty much impossible to enforce anyway. That being said you can absolutely trademark sounds - think of the Windows startup sound for example (though these are still very niche).

[@bigdj0ntz8]

05:43 lmao! somebody need to trademark the pig squeal BREeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@drtheengrumb4439]

Lets get the pitch forks ready crowd....

[@MIKENMARIAH]

Nik gets copyright striked for using blegh in this video

[@thetowelhead942]

Imagine that now the metalcore and deathcore bands have to say "I don't own the rights of this word" before they say BLEGH, that would fit in a BMTH song I think

[@randomviewer2730]

Honestly surprised i didnt see Gene Simmons name anywhere on the paperwork

[@PenguinzFTW]

About as heinous as when Gene Simmons tried to trademark this 🤟 lmao

[@AgentHomer]

The asl sign for love? Rotten bastard

[@yo-its-death]

Next trademark will be arf arf

[@owlbusdumbledork9966]

I fucking hate copyright/trademark law.

[@supercala332]

Dammit, I guess I need to start adding trademarks to all my catch phrases then....Hogwash....Shenanigans....Cheese and Rice.....What the Fitzgerald.....Hoover Stank Gank....

[@xasumiji]

Totally me not wearing my "blegh!" t-shirt i bought at a Motionless in White show in 2020 when they did their Diseased and Disguised tour while watching this lol

[@bennyboi289]

3:25 who said babies can't be metalheads?

[@guaripolo69]

the instagram page has blocked comments LMAOOO

[@Akherousia502]

Was hoping it was an oblivious acronym but seeing it's a 'business' trying to cater to the same community it's also trying to hinder is pretty wild. I really don't think anything will come of it musically, but I wish ill upon them for this greedy move and the various creators it'll partially cripple. Truly pathetic. Blegh.

[@michaelfox1432]

What a fantastic idea. I'm going to start a new company called "and" and sue the entire English language out of existence.

[@subjectbigy]

Someone’s gonna trademark “Oh”.

[@DiegoSnip]

I would be very happy if sam buys the trademark and removes the restriction to use it so the shirts return

[@Wrtlskrscht]

As a German, I‘m sorry to the metal comunity for this. o7

[@nightwing400_5]

fun fact: Architects was not the first band to use Blegh. song called Epicure by Harvest has a blegh around the 2:00 min marker and that song was released in 1998!! way ahead of their time

[@KlassyKlauman]

Spiritbox,Jinjer,& Poppy should do 1 song together showcase each vocalist then just go all in at the ending breakdown of the song thats would be Koll

[@ShephrdWieb]

You cant trademark my BLEGHS

[@adammtroutman]

How has nobody thought of this before? I’m just surprised this didn’t happen sooner

[@chaoticneutral1090]

Haha i like how nik also knows the name of the font, its everywhere you cant escape it

[@Rednax_Official]

that is fucking evil

[@mattpetty448]

I say we vote and start using Retch like Whitechapel just did.

[@matthewduncan5037]

Chris Motionless in shambles rn

[@dreaminginnoother]

Stray from the Path is also in Trouble.

[@lalamike25]

Isn't there a law in the US that if your trademarked term becomes generic then you lose the trademark? It's threatened trademarks before

[@LRM12o8]

Who cares about US law? The copyright was filed in Germany, US law has no power there!

[@thomasleerling]

Ohrion boutta cry

[@rbgsa]

Lemme get to my pitchfork closet

[@Blackhorselove1]

I need the Legal Eagle to address this!

[@lordvlygar2963]

I don't know about EU, but if this went through in USA, the font and manner of use would be the deciding factor on if it was infringing.

[@matts0688]

Never have I considered a baby top that said “Blegh” but now I must look for one for baby #2. The bib would be fun too. Apparently there’s only one place to buy it in Germany but hopefully more places to buy in US

[@cli260]

Now THIS is the definition of fun metal things 😅

[@DanceWiththeDevil501]

Should Orion be worried? Doesn't he have alot of shirts and merch with that?

[@philliplewis1586]

Like...all of his merch. Literally all of it.

[@Kekoapono]

Ohrion just needs to add a “!” to the end of his BLEGH merch.

[@9xqspx6]

Oh dude, I've been thinking of getting a BLEGH patch on my gig fanny pack. Now it is certainly happening!

[@chirondurham]

This is amazing. Hilarious and absurd, but amazing.

[@JjsWorld77]

I could see this one coming a mile away. Sad

[@antoniosantiago824]

Nik you must react to Lvcas' songs, he is a Brazilian composer. Listen especially to Volatil, is insane good

[@adoramay9410]

Watch them try to defend this trademark in court.

[@BaldyMacbeard]

No patent office does a proper check for prior art. The moment someone disputes the trademark, it'll go away.

[@harrytighe2314]

Architects might as well disband now 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TurtleC0mic]

We still have bleck

[@ImDehydrate]

We beat them twice, time to get the band back together

[@raptorvloges2286]

Nik my point exactly how can they do that

[@lewisgrant7622]

Metalcore was ruined years ago

[@Timerpoint]

as a german I apologize for this.

[@zynosgd9982]

>start a company called "Me" >profit

[@PartyPoisonCODM]

Imma register trademark for "Barf" and plaster it on my t-shirts

[@Bellamy666]

Anthony Martinez better hurry up and trademark that death whistle bree. He might need to change his Twitch name as well. Dark days for the metalcore scene.

[@Magdalena8008s]

Thank goodness. Maybe the trend can die off. It was cool the first time or two. But enough already.

[@diegoscristagold5211]

Litterally 1984

[@Hipno702]

2024: Blegh 2025: Blagh

RIP Ohrion

[@ahmadhusaini]

Nik i'm here to start this man 😅

[@blasphire]

I'm surprised it wasn't Gene Simmons, he tried to trademark OJ once but they told him it was too common use of a word to trademark.

[@Tonjit41]

3:05 this is why i watch

[@p3chv0gel22]

I think "glasses cloths" are those pieces of fabric you use to clean your glasses