Surprising celebrity trademarks: LeBron James, Lizzo, Tim Tebow

[@Zaulhunter]

The fact that a company can just trademark a colour other companies were already using is so unfair

[@Urger334]

@@vanovasmith9586 if you think that’s bad wait until you hear what they did to Insulin!

[@Havis_Princess]

Well they'd have to actively sue over it and companies use a si.ikar shade but not that exact shade, or they can can it a different name and maybe get a with ut

[@strav8337]

@@vanovasmith9586 your a fool to think someones gonna explain what they are talking about

[@strav8337]

@@vanovasmith9586 see? i just tricked you im not explaining shit

[@strav8337]

@@vanovasmith9586 still closed. still closed mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm pizza is garbage you lizard man

[@BradLoyo]

crazy how the trademark office throws out things like "let's play" for being "too broad" and then literally allows "face" to be trademarked

[@Zo3yX]

In the sense of a social media company. At least that was what was said in the video

[@SlimsyTripod854]

Money

[@user4426somethingsomething]

right??

[@vintage-radio]

Ikr

[@fourkz]

It’s probably because Zuck threw money at them until they gave it to them.

[@tyler603]

actually embarrassing “this is my color you can’t use it !” sounds like kids fighting over crayons

[@usernametaken017]

Its more like "this is my color, just use a slightly different one pls"

[@reynardfox771]

Except it actually generates a profit for these idiots so it's even worse

[@Anferneedr]

Yeah, so many ‘dupes’ have launched in the market and they’re trying to protect their profit

[@pepperbreath35]

Its also branding power, it's not u can't use it on your brand but you can't use it on cosmetic brand for example

[@ccklol]

FR like 💀💀💀💀💀

[@valentina1825]

Your telling me" face" isnt broad but "lets play" is 💀 like mark Zuckerberg really trademarked a human feature😭

[@DubDubDilluc]

And like, Mark ain't even human 😭😭😭

[@Krisbobber]

@@DubDubDilluc🦎🦎🦎

[@johnnyblazebeats]

This is simply untrue face cannot be trademarked because it's literally too vague an easy simple proof of this would be android face recognition

[@moonphoenix9324]

He trademarked it for *social media companies*. You can still use it in your company name, but not if its a social media.

[@DR.NORI.]

I literally just went into comments to type thst dude

[@coena9377]

Some random guy: * gets down on one knee to propose * Tim: “son of a bitch, stole my move.”

[@thebroglefamily3992]

Tim: now I gotta sue him for all his life savings

[@HaiHaiGames]

@@thebroglefamily3992 and the ring

[@noonelooksatusers]

😂

[@Tighten.]

@@WolfyKun275 how do you exaggerate so hard while misspelling

[@samuelboles8547]

As a resident of Akron Ohio who is not an adult I already exist as an nba star

[@memorylooser]

"They said that the phrase 'let's play' was to broad" Facebook: *looks away*

[@dinkygunky3911]

Facebook: Faces a different direction

[@Meerkitty]

@@dinkygunky3911 I hate and love you at the same time

[@isaacserbin8763]

It is different cause they only have the trade make for the use of the word "face" as part of a social media company name

[@-q51]

Turns face*

[@rayhoover3594]

Let’s plays is board when talking about trademarks for a video game but face as a social media trademark isn’t its specific actually

[@dumpy8418]

"Octomom got the name trademarked" Octodad: "Finally, a worthy opponent"

[@silas537]

Lol

[@Mr-Chick]

Nobody suspects a thing!

[@brainrot__]

Octobaby: "Fools."

[@lavenderbabyck]

@@brainrot__ lmfaoo

[@mostlovedmolerat37]

@@brainrot__ octodogs from yan sim

[@iamyourmother47]

The fact I’m actually a kid from Akron- 💀💀

[@kj_09]

*were actually a kid from Akron, before you got arrested for copyright infringement

[@RylanDavis-fr4ov]

The fact I’m actually a kid from Akron too-💀💀💀

[@RylanDavis-fr4ov]

The fact I’m actually a kid from Akron too-💀💀💀

[@Bigvenomsnakeboss]

Have you met cyraxx? Or chance, w.e. that little goblins name is?

[@thegalacticfederation1212]

​@thomaspitcher129 It's Chance Wilkins.

[@spamtongspamton9900]

“Who is that?” “Just a kid from A-“ *dies*

[@Sage_Orias_YT]

Idk why this made Me laugh so hard

[@Sp1derNo1r]

Guess I'll just die then

[@samraizshoaib585]

If you say it Lebron personally comes and posterizes you on a dunk.

[@Sp1derNo1r]

Wow I love exposing where I live online

[@ep8703]

@@Sage_Orias_YT Me too lmaooo

[@sunnalyn]

I love how “let’s play” is too broad but “face” isn’t

[@kaye8324]

I was thinking the same thing bro 😭 like that thing that everyone has isn't broad but let's play is 100%.

[@zachary0707]

they can’t use the word face in any social media company

[@biophype]

@@zachary0707 yeah I think they know that

[@gh0style239]

Well yeah whos gonna deny a claim from a lizard person? They were too scared to say no

[@Username-le4eq]

I mean what social media company would use the word "face"? If its a cosmetic brand then it would make more sense that its too broad..

[@teatime2936]

She gave that girl credit AFTER she was called out by her.

[@breezyplayz1532]

It is a tweet from Twitter by that logic if anyone says something on social media can’t they claim a piece if someone trademarks it?

[@teatime2936]

@Breezyplayz Lizzo outright said she came up with it. But the girl posted a screenshot of her original tweet that she said it on and Lizzo had liked the post from that time. She could have denied it and what not, but gave her credit for it instead. The trademark is just for the clothing line though.

[@violetrose674]

​@@teatime2936Or she could have forgotten she saw it and genuinely thought she came up with it. It happens all the time. People can make mistakes. Once she realized she made the mistake, she corrected it. It really isn't that deep

[@clementmichel7902]

@@violetrose674it is tho. Lizzo atm does not seem like the best person rn

[@nickiminajisthequeenofrap6235]

Girl she still gave credit gtfo

[@neoacacia1029]

The moment the apocalypse happens, I am writing a book using every trademark in existence

[@Bigvenomsnakeboss]

When the apocalypse happens Imma have a facebook, along side their registered copyrights

[@sua8638]

Oh the last one was really kind Most ppl would deny any rights for the og tweet

[@umapessoaqualquer8789]

Love your pfp

[@sua8638]

@@umapessoaqualquer8789 haha same All hail cotton candy Garnet (she's too pure for this world)

[@ineedmoresleep3728]

Which is what she did until the original tweeter fought tooth and nail to get the credit

[@WheelerKyle]

yes, so cool

[@_JustJoe]

@@ineedmoresleep3728 oh.

[@katkay9923]

“Let’s play” is too broad but “face” is fine???

[@gummysnacksandknives9229]

It's because of technicalities face is specifically for a social media companies name like facefriend wouldn't be allowed but let's play has to be a different thing right? Because I couldn't handle it if it was the same category let me believe this for my sanity

[@friedrice207]

trademarks are extremely restrictive

[@lilycreeper5246]

No, it's not, they don't own it

[@stonksagent9040]

@@gummysnacksandknives9229 Let’s Play would be for gaming likely

[@andrewclymire8268]

I was about to say

[@flazzorb]

_She originally saw it in a tweet..._ HOW DARE- _...so she gave her song writing credits._ Oh. Ok then.

[@zachhh1217]

LMAOOO RIGHT

[@strykerwaller3784]

Probably didn’t get a single red cent for that writing credit

[@Blonded_Eclipse]

@@strykerwaller3784 having the writing credit automatically means she makes a percentage of profit. Not alot, but with how popular the song is, its something at least

[@MattGOG666]

​@Coopb07 no, that's not how that works.

[@Floweringfields]

@@MattGOG666 explain it then?

[@veethesillymonkeyx3]

“look at my face!” *LAWSUIT FILED*

[@SomeVRKid]

Its only for social media companies. You can use it everywhere else. Still stupid but ppl are making too big of a deal out of it

[@Slysum]

"Your face is so pretty" Facebook: WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!?!

[@MassiveMushroom]

I’m pretty sure it means like you can’t use the word face in the name of your company

[@charlotteweaves]

@@MassiveMushroom what about fatface that’s a clothing company

[@aiden6606]

@@charlotteweaves it only counts for social media platforms

[@charlotteweaves]

@@aiden6606 ohhhhh thanks

[@sophieedwards1206]

But what about facetime

[@tommasoc.1396]

Hold on. “Let’s play” is too broad, but “face” isn’t… smh

[@jacky79322]

Maybe face in terms of companies or any social media presence? But also why would you name your company with “face”

[@tommasoc.1396]

@@jacky79322 😩 idk straight pp shit

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

Zucklefuck definitely zucced a few dudes to get that trademark…

[@exammole4545]

@@JanoyCresvaZero He really be here giving face

[@arthurmorganSUN]

@@jacky79322 I mean, The variation of 'Interface" perhaps? It's just so petty

[@nariah4992]

Imagine tweeting something and Lizzo happens to scroll past it and be like “Oooh I really like this” 😭

[@johncenaplayingstarcraft9580]

now imagine her only giving you credit after she's fell into obscurity after making millions

[@forkingsandkeys]

@@johncenaplayingstarcraft9580 she has a hit song literally on the radio as we fuckin speak. Wtf you talking about?

[@dylangood8193]

@@johncenaplayingstarcraft9580 kinda a dumb take

[@neontd]

@@johncenaplayingstarcraft9580 about damn time. all I have to say

[@WhiteSage2]

Yall need to stop worshipping celebrities

[@YourSoulIsMineyummers]

Bro that pose is something i do at church💀💀💀

[@Potacintvervs]

This dude does a pose when hes praying. Talk about vain.

[@boops9668]

“They said it was way too broad” Oh, but “players gonna play”, “haters gonna hate”, and a fucking pose aren’t too broad

[@Khadeeen]

Exactly what I was thinking bruh

[@oops3519]

the issue is in what areas/aspects they're trying to apply the trademark. taylor only trademarks titles and lyrics in the context of merchandise and stuff like that, so people can't sell knockoffs with her face/work on them and even then, stuff like that is rarely followed through, she's not gonna sue someone on redbubble for selling a mouse pad of her 1989 album cover but she might do it if a big corporation did it.

[@Snowneutrino652]

That's the same pose from "the thinker" that whoever made a statue of centuries ago. But I guess when your a broke, bum player you need to find some way to try to make money and never work. I guess Kaepernick will be next

[@KallieMae]

The funny thing is, if he actually wanted to stand for something, wouldn’t it be the goal for other people to join you in your pose? Don’t you want other people to bow and pray with you if you’re religious? People think he’s such a model Christian but he’s just a pretentious ass. He doesn’t even need the money.

[@onlyangcl]

@@oops3519 she does all of that but didn't even buy her own music catalog. LOL makes soo much sense.

[@RealAshPlaysGames]

Fun fact, Apple tried trademarking the letter “i” in their products and they weren’t allowed the trademark 💀

[@mioko2974]

iCarly did it first

[@RealAshPlaysGames]

@@mioko2974 No? Apple has done it first actually, with the iMac. In my opinion, I feel like the whole inspiration for the name iCarly was from Apple’s iMac, because back then, iMac meant “Internet Mac”. And I remember in the first episode of iCarly when they were discussing the whole web show idea, Freddie said to call it iCarly, and that “I” stood for internet, and Carly was referring to Carly.

[@shrekism]

​​@@RealAshPlaysGamesalso they use the pear phones which resemble apple's iPhone

[@RealAshPlaysGames]

@@shrekism Exactly.

[@sxhizornsmn]

@@RealAshPlaysGamesi’m pretty sure they were just making a joke but idk

[@sleezybreezy]

Woah it’s cool as hell Lizzo gave shorty song writing credit for a tweet lol

[@RJ-wx3fh]

Did she give her money?

[@inessa5923]

@@RJ-wx3fh Yeah, that’s what I wanna know. The user who made the tweet doesn’t seem to be invested in the music business whatsoever so I fail to see how a song credit will advance her in any way.

[@tywillis2395]

after she got called out

[@sleezybreezy]

@@tywillis2395 people get called out everyday famous or not and it leads to nothing. Y’all try to find something negative in everything

[@tywillis2395]

@@sleezybreezy I mean I'm not lying, she just gave the OG poster credit after already copyrighting their content. She's extreamly talented, but that was just weird 🤷‍♂️

[@garystepp]

The picture of Tim not even posing the trademark correctly but it made it into the final cut. 😅💀

[@c3.immastonerr.48]

Can we just give Lizzo a round of applause for her integrity

[@toxicstarcandy]

right!!

[@kaytamurray]

Ppl tried to cancel her for plagiarism but she gave a source LMAO

[@Emma-kg2fj]

W lizzo

[@Ax-xo4ux]

We can!

[@lifeinthesaddle7002]

No

[@StevenMcSteve]

"it's too broad" Proceeds to allow Facebook to own the word face

[@mujicheol6556]

Frrrrr

[@erenjeager8608]

Mark prolly paid them off

[@Venturers.]

They don’t want zucky stealin theirs shi’

[@bihemeen]

Trademarks have to be the most pathetic thing ever. “This is my word you can’t use it”

[@alexthegreat1395]

It really is 🤦🏽 A bunch of kids in adult bodies with adult money and adult positions

[@exalted7906]

I guess it makes sense so i can’t just go and create a fast food company named McDonalds or pretend to be other companies.But like being unable to use words or colors is just plain stupid

[@d1bagseller]

It really depends. You need to be a little more specific. Colors, single words, yes, that's dumb. But I can't say my company is called target and my logo is a target and a dalmatian and expect to have the actual company not care.

[@ClassicSonic549]

I know right? Some people think they own everything sometimes and think they are the boss. It is so annoying

[@hellhound74]

Trademarks make sense for certain things, and protecting intellectual property from people who will 100% knock it off is a good thing but then you end up with fuckers like Facebook trademarking FACE

[@cheezytoxins8652]

Trademarks have gotten outta hand

[@patrickracer43]

Sony: "let's play" Trademark office: "no" Facebook: "face" Trademark office: "approved" Lizzo: "I'm 100% That Bitch!" Trademark office: "and that trademark is 100% yours" Sony: "tf?"

[@ashbubblez7501]

the face one is dumb but i understand them not allowing lets play to be trademarked, its pretty broad and having a trademark on that wouldnt really work

[@CaptainApathetic]

@@ashbubblez7501 the face one just means you can't use it in another social media, essentially to keep someone from mimicking their brand

[@uhuh.2232]

@@CaptainApathetic but that’s also broad too

[@knottypigeon719]

let’s play is way too vague to own

[@Swamp_Queen]

@Banyan because FaceTime isn't a social media. It can be used in company or other app names, just not a social media site. Its to prevent people from making a knock-off Facebook site like.... facenovel

[@nailaeshe]

We shouldn’t celebrate celebrities giving non-famous people credit. That’s what you should do. That should be normal.

[@saikiiiii]

true but sadly it isn’t normal for celebrities to do it

[@Hidden_Seeker_]

Lizzo didn't just give her credit, she literally gave her a *songwriting credit*. That means she's entitled to royalties on the - very popular - song. That's extremely generous if true

[@OnionNinja]

@@Hidden_Seeker_ Nah she needs to own the song

[@whoasked6696]

@@OnionNinja own the whole song including ALL the other lyrics?

[@saraashkir5793]

I hate seeing comments like this. Youre right it should be normal, but is it normal? No. Does encouraging and celebrating a good thing make it more likely to be normalized? Yes. Just because something is small and should be normal, doesn’t mean it is so we should hype it up until it becomes normal

[@MaybeOrangeJuice]

That woman needs to fight Octodad, it'd be the battle of the millennium

[@KILL3R-NOVA]

FR

[@asterlyons8564]

Sounds like a love story waiting to happen

[@dublospace]

@@asterlyons8564 sounds like a domestic abuse story to me

[@asterlyons8564]

@@dublospace You've never fallen in love while engaged in a battle to the death? Thats a shame.

[@MaybeOrangeJuice]

@@asterlyons8564 absolutely not! It's appalling you would even think that! Octodad is a loving father to 2 kids and a fantastic husband. How dare you even utter something as moronic as that, unbelievable!

[@hal9733]

Also marvel literally owns the word zombie. You tought not being able to use "face" on a social media app was bad, but you can't use ZOMBIE in comic's titles. Imagine trying to write a horror comic, and you can't call it big zombie boobies because a superhero company owns the word

[@donaldduck73]

Plants vs zombies says hi

[@kingcreator8170]

Marvel used to have the trademark on “zombie” but they do not anymore they lost it in 1996, so we are free to use it however we want! (:

[@hal9733]

@@kingcreator8170 nice

[@THERSG16]

Facebook: *Owns the word "face"* Apple with FaceTime: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that." Edit: yes Ik that FaceTime isn’t a social app. It’s just a joke bro

[@wali8158]

Isn't Facebook Meta now?

[@KallieMae]

I didn’t even think about that 😂😂 I wonder if maybe FaceTime doesn’t technically count as social media.

[@gabe8168]

@@wali8158 no. Facebook is Facebook. Meta is their parent company, the company that owns Facebook. Which was previously also called Facebook. Confusing, right?

[@goblinmannn]

@@gabe8168 wait so... is meta a different company entirely? Or are they still facebook?

[@wilfredreedman5683]

@@goblinmannn It’s like how before the company Facebook also owned Instagram (app) etc, now it’s meta that owns Facebook (app) and Instagram (app)

[@olivia420]

The problem with Lizzo is that it took years to give the actual credit. It was only when people started calling her out on it. Her plan was to trademark it without giving that woman credit. Edit: please don’t comment on Lizzo’s appearance. You can comment on her actions, and mistakes she has made. No one deserves to be hated on because of their appearance.

[@alicebranning738]

I commented this a few hours ago and the comment suspiciously got deleted 🤨 but I’m glad you peeped that too! That was very poor of Lizzo to try and not credit a another plus sized, black woman too

[@abijustbeyourself2UBTRU]

Yeah exactly. I think the woman took legal action before Lizzo so graciously decided to give her credit. Trust me it wasn't voluntary 😒

[@alexandrarenee4323]

It’s a fuckkng tweet tho? And she made a whole ass song and said that line ONCE. That’s like seeing a book title, fw it, making a whole song and saying the book title once using word play and then everyone is mad u didn’t dedicate the song to the book. If people have to start doing that, then all rappers need to give they respects to Hennessy. Or Chanel. Or Gucci. Or Dior. Or Prada. Or fenti. Liiikkeeeee. It is not that serious

[@Zonee1328]

@@alexandrarenee4323 you’re as incompetent as a rock. Everything you said is not the problem. The problem is she admitted she got the inspiration from a tweet. Said it word for word in a song. Trademarked it as if she was the original owner and then got called out on her bullshit. None of those rappers who mentioned any of those brands in their songs tried to make it seem as though they were the original creator

[@alexandrarenee4323]

@@Zonee1328 first of all never insult my intelligence again you can learn how to have a discussion without taking shots. Let’s grow up now. Okay so if u wanna get into specifics and mention how she tried to trademark it even though she didn’t create the sentence. The other person did not try to trademark it. Lemme put it this way. You just told me I’m “as incompetent as a rock” if I wanted to I could write a song and trademark it so people can’t use it the same way i did in the song. It’s like brands trying to trademark simple sayings or words. They did not create the word. But they trademark it so it cannot be used in the same way. No, she did not come up with “100% that bitch” but SHE put it onto her own song and made it original. Even if you think it’s shitty of her, that’s not how trademark law works 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also in my opinion, she never had to give credit to that tweet. Again, she made it unique to her. If someone sees something, changes nothing abt it and says “it’s all from me” that’s number one a lie and number two thievery.

[@bhufrabbsegrihhewrghhurw]

"oh man im tired...i think im gonna kneel down with my elbow on my knee-"

[@yeetdagamer8546]

"that'll be $12.000 for using MY pose"

[@iAmOvercooked]

Bro thats the pose I use every time I hate the person that ‘owns’ the trademark it’s mine

[@SpecterNeverSpectator]

​@@iAmOvercooked if you make a company you can't use it for it, that's all it means, do it whenever you want, claim you did it first, it doesn't matter, it means he patented it first.

[@iAmOvercooked]

@@SpecterNeverSpectator k

[@Eclipse-lw4vf]

I guarantee the trademark office just goes off “who paid us the most money for this?”

[@gissneric]

Octomom is only legit thing here that I would agree on cause all I think of when I see octomom is her. The others are ridiculous.

[@trollinape2697]

100% agree

[@trollinape2697]

100% agree

[@jacobkober5718]

I disagree

[@sunny-oq9je]

I agree

[@Glitchmelon]

Depends on what the trademarks are for. A lot of them are just for merchandise like the pose

[@jaeycl]

Octomom lives in my community. It’s still weird seeing her around. My brother hangs out with one of the older kids.

[@meghansullivan6812]

Woaaaaah what!! Have u ever spoken to her?

[@balajiraja1]

She gotta rise her 8 children

[@jaeycl]

@@meghansullivan6812 I have in passing when she went to pick up her older son. But I could tell she wanted to keep to herself. I respected her privacy and just introduced myself with my mom and made sure that her son was safe with my brother when i took them to watch a movie.

[@jaeycl]

@@balajiraja1 not just 8, she has like two older ones. But yea, it’s just weird seeing someone so known in my community lol

[@azulspirit1385]

@@jaeycl it may be messed to ask but did her family seem healthy?

[@bill-left4dead]

I like how they wouldnt accept playstation for the phrase “let’s play” but accepts the word face for facebook

[@statton35]

“Face” was only in regards to naming a social media company. Sony just wanted “let’s play” all around in every Avenue.

[@gabbrielpa]

@@statton35 yeah but still its still just a single very simple and broad word... like its like if the new york times trademarked the word time

[@kuuroswaifu4441]

Its good that they done it because lets play is a bit of a dry name ps4 or playstation is better

[@TV-MA.x_x.]

Yeah, because Facebook is rich lol

[@justachilldude3301]

FaceTime?

[@custarrd]

bro the knee one everybody does it at the start of a football match 😭

[@Its.obviously.]

Fr like bruh you playing bruh it’s not that deep

[@Ztiergamer]

They threw out sonys "let's play" but gave Mark zuckem'burger "face"

[@walnutjewel2033]

Exactly

[@veniix93]

the pfp-

[@julienne4402]

He only has trademark for face for social media platforms..

[@georgeknights8444]

What about Facetime?

[@hadu6041]

Right and the fact that glosier got that shade of pink

[@joseeinthewild]

Let's not pretend like the lizzo situation wasn't after a ton of controversy

[@squeakSquak]

It was kinda stupid tbh

[@h0an82]

I'm going to use all of these trademarks in 1 company just to get sued over calling the company "Assface"

[@rebeccareyes8978]

Its funny how Mark Zuckerberg owns face, but his face looks genuinely robot-like

[@calebwilcott9699]

Mark doesn’t own it Facebook does

[@Godisgood2me8]

“Facebook owns the word face” FaceTime:👁️👄👁️

[@MrsHwang0.1]

That's not how it works because FaceTime came out before Facebook trademarked the word "Face" so now FaceTime has to pay Facebook licensing fees

[@julieelch]

@@MrsHwang0.1 no stupid, FaceTime is owned by Facebook 💀

[@your_SecondShadow]

I hate manopolies lets play in to broad but the word face isnt

[@Mrs.johnnydang]

You definitely can type out face on Instagram tho I’m confused😭😂

[@holycrapitsvincent]

@@Mrs.johnnydang nobody in the social media business can use the word "face" in the name of the app

[@boatser]

Some kid: "Hah your face is funny" *"BOY GET EM'"*

[@JustEnjoyThisShii]

thats definitely not how it works, or what he meant by that. he’s saying no other social media business can use the name “face” in the name of their corporation/business name, or he can take them to court & sue for a shit ton of more money even more so than normal because he got it trademarked, if he didnt do the trademark but he wouldnt have gotten as much money as he would with the trademark having been granted to him & now is in place.

[@ChilledGamer99]

@@JustEnjoyThisShii it's a joke

[@Andrea-px3bt]

What about face time

[@dutesei]

@@Andrea-px3bt that's an app not a company name

[@dailyvibes260]

@@JustEnjoyThisShii r/woooosh

[@skotskot3379]

how the hell can someone own a pose? this is outrageous

[@aaasht2606]

One day well wake up some high stuck up god syndrome celebrity is gonna copyright bipedal stance

[@pointt_]

Imagine being tired as hell in sports and so you bend down and it’s on camera

[@Veronicz]

I can see owning a pose if it’s like really iconic and unique or something but the fact that that pose is so common is kind of my issue.

[@joecole9649]

The Jets trademarked it. Tim Tebow didn’t get a say in it.

[@isaiahjones5759]

@@joecole9649 DON’T SAY GOD AND JESUS NAME IN VAIN. GOD AND JESUS BLESS YOU ALL IN JESUS MIGHTY AND POWERFUL NAME WE ALL PRAY AMEN 🙏❤️

[@alenahmetovic9282]

“I Own OctoMom!” “Well you can’t get OctoDad from me!”

[@Galaxydragonpie]

It should be clarified that the trademarks are very specific in which they own it. Octomom owns it for anything related to corporate branding. The football player has the pose only related to NFL merchandising and branding. Zuccc Zucchini only has "face" in relation to social media branding no one else can use "face" so we can't see myface Or realface as social media platforms. The "let's play" as to why it was rejected is because it's a widely used phrasing in the gaming industry. It would be the equivalent of a car company trying to trademark "let's drive". I honestly think this person is being a little dishonest in his presentation cuz he's making it sound like you as a private person cannot but you can use any and all of these things you're not going to get sued by these people as long as you aren't trying to turn a profit in their industry.

[@dyslexictities6892]

Thank you kind stranger

[@alasiamcd]

That's what I think every time I see one of these.

[@geekmyths]

And like the color ones, they don’t own the color pink. They own that specific shade of pink in the category of makeup and beauty brands or whatever. Most of these are pretty reasonable when you think about how they are applied.

[@pigeondance687]

it's still the dumbest shit on the planet

[@skinfully]

"Zuccc Zucchini" lmao

[@blue.yy_]

It's actually so nice that lizzo gave rights to the original person who she got the lyric from because most celebrities wouldn't do that

[@silveryeol]

she did the bare minimum

[@MrsHwang0.1]

Oh i can't use 100% that bitch okay im 100 .9% that bitch

[@alteregobruh]

She did that because people were freakin tf out over it, she didn’t do it until there was major outcry on twitter

[@liamrorer9828]

It’s actually not nice because she didn’t give her any form of compensation for quite literally stealing her tweet for I’d argue the hook of her biggest song, then proceeded to trademark it so the one who posted it legally can’t use it for anything despite the fact that she coined the term, so quite the opposite of nice and sounds like she’s tryna cover her elephant sized ass for being a snake

[@prod.kudaxyahweh]

Crazy how lizzo went from “100% that b*tch” to 100% canceled

[@nt8255]

And for fat shaming of all things

[@Leo25059]

@@nt8255and making dancers eat out a stripper.

[@L0giccalll]

She’s 100% overweight

[@potatoavocado9933]

I mean y’all shouldn’t be picking sides right away, wait till everything comes out then make a decision.

[@prod.kudaxyahweh]

@@potatoavocado9933 everything did, that’s the point lol

[@sparrowslife5142]

This kinda all sounds so dystopian, like obviously if you were to write a book/poem/song or design a unique logo, you should get all the credit, but like a random phrase seems crazy--

[@coooseee]

Copyright law is all about context. Take "Just a kid from Akron" for example. Every NBA fan in the world knows that phrase is associated with Lebron James. Now imagine if someone started selling "Just a kid from Akron" t shirts or with a similar phrase and started making a bunch of money off his image without giving him a dime. Or what if they do something more nefarious and they start a fake "Just a kid from Akron" charity and stole donations from Lebron's actual charity.

[@Cheepchipsable]

You are only affected if you open a business that does the same thing as the business with the trademark. So you could open a restaurant called "Face" with no problem.

[@lostintoonami]

Ngl Lizzo a real one for giving a twitter user credit

[@karstensteven8259]

Whoever runs those office just flips a coin when papers come across their desk. Unless there’s a big pile of money next to it.

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

No, Lizzo didn't just give credit. It took the court to force her to do what she should've from day one. That alone soured me on her. And who can forget octomom? 😂

[@GreenUniverseYT]

I didn’t know octomom existed

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

@@GreenUniverseYT maybe your age is showing lol

[@GreenUniverseYT]

@@yourinnerlawyer4035 how long ago was Octomom popular because I maybe just never heard of her

[@Charl3y3]

@@GreenUniverseYT me neither.

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

@@GreenUniverseYT 10 or 12 years ago.

[@suno186]

dang no wonder there wasn’t a sequel for octodad

[@dizzy3083]

The trademark office: you can’t trademark “let’s play” it’s too broad Also the trademark office: yes master zuckie boy, you may trademark “face”

[@Smaugenheimochowski]

Only if it's used in social media company names.

[@Ocean_Meat]

@@Smaugenheimochowski They don’t even have Facebook anymore, it’s Meta 😭😭😭

[@Smaugenheimochowski]

@@Ocean_Meat LMAOO

[@Ocean_Meat]

@@Smaugenheimochowski own shit they don’t have fr 😭

[@bobbymiller7242]

Trademarks are not like copyright. You can only get one if your brand has establish value in something already. So Facebook can tm face because they have argued that anyone else using "face" for a social media app would unfairly benefit from the value they have created in the term. Edit: I was somewhat wrong about this. Trademarks are protections of a brand rather than a product. They can be acquired before some value is established but they must be uniquely identifiable with a brand to the exclusion of other similar brands.

[@galaxylynn4434]

I guess we'll never get that octodad spinoff

[@CoalBee01]

Right? That's so unfortunate, maybe if they really want to they can work out a deal, or call it something like Momtopus, eh probably not

[@SeriouslySeriousGrim]

@@CoalBee01 m o m t o p u s

[@krivlyashka]

Why would she ever trademark it though? Like what kind of benefits does she get?

[@BonesBunnyWorks]

There is the benefit of bragging rights ig gink I think forcing a trademark like that requires some petty ideas Granted i know nothing really about this Octomom lady

[@anthopanino2255]

Octomum is still viable, so guess it's a spin-off with bad weather

[@Me-wx1mt]

I was about to say "acshully lizzo saw that in a tweet" but that's actually really cool of her

[@NeverAThingz]

“acshully” 💀

[@romogamer4540]

Lizzo is octomom

[@Simp-Bizkit]

Her music isn’t for me but I agree that’s pretty tits of her to do.

[@Me-wx1mt]

@@Simp-Bizkit I’ve been laughing at this for so long this is the greatest comment I’ve ever read

[@h0peyd0pey50]

The only one that I feel like is kind of valid is Octomom because how many moms do you know that have eight kids at once? By the time there’s another one, the copyright probably would’ve already expired

[@AreesDaOG]

"Octomom" Octo dad is quaking

[@Lumeotheceooftheotterkind]

@@Fungfetti That's flowey from Undertale.

[@deathbydrano]

Fr

[@spicywatermelon8617]

Shaking in his suit

[@AreesDaOG]

@@Lumeotheceooftheotterkind nah

[@AreesDaOG]

@@Fungfetti yes.

[@milo9845]

companies "copyrighting" colors makes my blood boil how do you copyright a whole ass color

[@nwblader6231]

They don’t really for example Walmart and target both have their colour copyrighted but only for retail stores, so while you can’t use their blue or red for a retail store you can use the colour for any other type of company

[@ituze0712]

Oh no colors are fine but words that everyone uses are what really gets me why does Taylor swift own ready for it, look what you made me do, lover, nice to meet you where you been?, players gonna play, reputation, shake it off, speak now and this sick beat and more it’s weird

[@NoFlu]

@@ituze0712 because its likely only for music. You can lunch your ancestry website named "Nice to meet you where you been?" and your salt and pepper company "Shake it off" without any problems....

[@devourerofblight]

Fun fact similar to the “let’s play” from Sony, Disney owned the word “Zombie” for a while until they were no longer allowed to seeing as it was a widely used term around the world

[@txiczmbie1077]

funner fact, disney also tried to buy "dios de los mortos" a memorial day DEAD LOVED ONES

[@upstairsfig]

I think that’s why Google doesn’t like the use of ‘to Google something’ if you don’t actually use Google and just use it as a generic phrase to say ‘to search for something online’

[@devourerofblight]

@@txiczmbie1077 ah you mean dios de los muertos which simply translates to days of the dead

[@txiczmbie1077]

@@devourerofblight obviously 😐 way to miss the point entirely

[@quackicloudy_]

real OGS remember Octodad the game

[@Idontlikemortals]

And she’s the reason the octomom sequel never dropped

[@quackicloudy_]

@@Idontlikemortals💀💀

[@branflakescereal4174]

“Let’s play is way too broad. Not allowed.” “What? Facebook wants to own face? Sure, why not”

[@mamacito1795]

I mean cmon how many people play vs how many people have faces? Seems fair??

[@cub_q]

@@mamacito1795 no it’s “let’s play” like a let’s play video

[@nightmanlol]

Trade mark gay science and put yourself in the video.

[@madmccaffrey8089]

Fucking big brain move right there

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

Definitely

[@alexanderguerrero347]

Brilliant

[@imaspecialgirllalala]

He def deserves it

[@o.o8]

me

[@skylarstyx]

they said "'let's play' is way too broad!" but allowed mark to copyright 'face' 💀

[@sporcool_gamer5452]

Finally someone said it

[@TheKNIGHTELFMOHAWK]

Yeah but I think it only applies if you want to start a social media company. You could use it for other things

[@lixxiin777]

trademarks genuinely stress me out for a reason i cannot explain

[@chloeeste]

Trademark office: “Yeah, Facebook can own the word face. That’s not to broad!” Also Trademark office: “No. Sony can not own the phrase ‘let’s play’ that’s wayyyy to broad.”

[@artysplash5969]

It's only in US. I wanna see how fb will atack any other Europinian or other world social media having word "face" in it, but inside their countries, that "trademark"CV laws are absolutely different there. Good luck to ultraleftn@zi Zuckerberg with that!

[@antikpopstanlmao]

FaceTime Be like

[@twit9129]

That's not how this works. Facebook owns the word face in social media apps so people can't make knock offs like "FaceBlue" or "FaceBrook". Sony tried owning Let's Play for video games meaning they were asking for the right to be able to use that term in their starting screen which is very unfair since a lot of other games and devices have "Let's Play" when they start the game or device.

[@savannahvick5266]

It’s funny that Glossier trademarked that pink while now a lot of their packaging is white.

[@heyfragrance2695]

Face mask companies: 👁👄👁

[@muffincupcakeprincess]

​@The person who asked Why do people just gloss over that part

[@Harsh-lv2cl]

@@muffincupcakeprincess because people are dumb

[@-carpet-]

Social media companies. If u start a social media company and put face in the name facebook can rightfully claim that ur infringing on trademark since ur basically trying to make urself seem associated with that brand when ur not

[@BradyAlley]

@@thepersonwhoasked3937 facetime enters the ring

[@nugget-]

@@BradyAlley Facetime still isn't social media. It falls under the communication/video-calling category.

[@warioschwario]

Trademarking a pose is some mr krabs shit

[@vxnFloppa]

I'm actually going to copyright the muscle movements for breathing. -A celebrity

[@Zjadaczmiesakfc]

Better is to copyright every vegan and lgbt word

[@noahohaver]

​@@ZjadaczmiesakfcBit late to the party aren't we 💀💀💀

[@MrGlobert]

​@@noahohavera what party

[@moonlitskyes]

so lizzo publicly admitted she’d gotten that phrase from someone else’s tweet and they still let her trademark it???? makes sense

[@Rainbow.Quartz]

because people with a lot of money can do whatever they want!

[@voice_of_a_little_lady]

The person who tweeted it should have applied for the mark first then.

[@mikkelborby]

It's a 1 time tweet. Doubt you could get any sort of trademark win by just 1 person using it once.

[@juvon102]

There are documents and payments to go through, it isn’t just given out you have to apply for the trademark

[@junthebiscuit]

The categories in which they own the trademark is very important It would make sense for Facebook to not want another social media company with the word 'face' in its name

[@dunno1235]

Fun fact: I knew the girl who got the lizzo song credit. I found out because it was her 1 truth and a lie when we had a work team day (in london)

[@rubyred8946]

Facebook: you can’t use the word face FaceTime: am I a joke to you?!

[@teresacampbell8904]

Loll

[@teassa3820]

FaceTime isn’t a social media company, it’s a feature.

[@localwobbledog4029]

I love how an alien trademarked the word "face." *Yeah, seems totally human*

[@homehensongaming_edits3395]

Fun fact: The colour of Orange that you see on Reeses Bags, Owns that Shade of Orange!

[@newtybot]

Thanks for ending this on a good note Man i fuckin hate trademarks

[@mandybrooks8852]

Lizzo did the right thing and I love her for that! 💖

[@twinkietwinkle3127]

@@JustEnjoyThisShii damn

[@centaursTesticles]

Ew.

[@kryspy5160]

lizzo is gross

[@bobjob140]

Too bad shes trash for trademarking words in the first place. Talk about entitled.

[@centaursTesticles]

@@Fungfetti Hello bri"ish

[@bumblebee2822]

The trademarking a color 😭 kids from early deviantart when they tried to own colors for recoloring sonic would be screaming

[@-carpet-]

Trademarking a color doesn’t mean no one else can use it, it means no one can use it in a similar fashion that might make consumers think they are associated with your brand. If i start a car company and use a specific shade of blue that becomes a very recognizable part of the brand then i can trademark it and claim that a new car company using the exact same color is an infringement of trademark

[@NeverAThingz]

@@-carpet- no

[@matthewwind7419]

Hey Rob I just found your channel and so far I'm enjoying your content, great work on your videos

[@ariana4831]

Bro- when you’re actually a kid from akron Literally me 💀

[@BeeMinx]

SAME IVE BEEN USING THAT FOR YEARS NOW JUST TO FIGURE OUT I COULD GET SUED

[@sbp4215]

Mhm, yes. 📝 And what does the outside of your house look like?

[@ariana4831]

@@sbp4215umm idk a yard

[@Genkiooo]

This is just ridiculous, I mean I get that if you're a company, but celebrities wanting to own a specific phrase or pose is just unecessary.

[@roeljude3289]

It's just a trademark, unless you make money of it you can say them billions to trillions of times

[@0p1um17]

"bowing down with one fist to your forehead" thats literally my kajunkempo bow 💀

[@AngelDoesthat]

Me: ohh im board lets play sum- Sony: stawp right there

[@damian9303]

So that lady single-handedly killed a possible Octodad spin-off. All because she felt the need to file a trademark in interactive video games

[@CaptainApathetic]

That trademark wouldn't hold up, if you register it but never use it than the courts will say you didn't have any right to register it in the first place.

[@smzzy8944]

“Hey! You wanna play this new game I bought with me?” “Yea, L-…. Wait”

[@Arcannabis]

I feel like at parties you’re the friend everyone wants to hang out and talk to, you’re so funny and know how to tell a great story

[@internetvibing1337]

Context for the Facebook one - it only applies to telecommunication companies. (FaceTime excluded, I believe Apple got it sorted out and got “Facetime” trademarked, so the “Face” claim wouldn’t interfere.)

[@Purple-Kangaroo]

“Facebook owns face” FaceTime: wtf you sayin?

[@gr0tesxc]

Lizzo giving songwriting credits to the person who wrote the tweet: Companies refusing to credit people who left their team / who they took samples from:

[@zillva]

The trademark is stupid in the first place

[@romogamer4540]

Lizzo is octomom

[@JTient]

After watching a few of your videos and seeing what gets trademarked and what doesn't, has me super convinced that someone was bribed. I was born in 1989 how in the F. can Taylor Swift sue me for sharing my actual B-Day absolute non sense. There is no logic.

[@theworldof11]

I'm pretty sure it's used in context of money Like, if you say it etc. They don't sue you But it's in marketing, if you can make money off of it?

[@WillowWeiedo]

It just means you cannot use it in the context of naming your songs or album.

[@definitelynotahuman3559]

Are you stupid or just wanted to hate Taylor swift, do you even know how trademarks work? 1989 is only trademarked in merchandise and music category, you can pretty much use it everywhere else

[@slightlyoffensivedadjokes]

how the hell are you gonna be in your early 30s yet think Taylor swift gives two shits abt suing you bc you shared your birthday

[@masonsantos5552]

That's not how trademarking works!!! Just because someone owns a trademark doesn't mean you can't use it at all. She trademarked the combination of the stylized font and the 4 digits in a song or album name.

[@fuzzypineappleo3813]

Now there won’t be a sequel to octodad😢

[@meese943]

face book: *owns the word face* trade marks: that's fine playstation: can we have the phrase lets play? trade marks: *TOO VAGUE*

[@woopytoast1772]

Octodad developers when they want to make a sequel : sooo.. octo..daughter?

[@SpookySamurai7]

If Sony got “let’s play” then there would be millions of KZbin videos that would get hit cause let’s play vids are all over the place 😂

[@kaycanplaymc6636]

Hiiiiiiiiiii

[@Faysight00]

Being able to trademark stuff is so messed up imo, like wdym I can't use that shade of pink?? Now that's just stupid

[@Totally_not_an_alien_]

most things i can understand, like for example a band name or something along those lines but how tf do you trademark a colour

[@Faysight00]

@@Totally_not_an_alien_ frr, rich people be getting all up in their heads lately

[@dmlsjsjsidishde]

use??? buddy it's for makeup companies. looking at u I don't think u got any talent to make a company

[@Faysight00]

@@dmlsjsjsidishde oh ok then buddy, I am not stupid enough to not know It's for makeup companies. And that little comment of yours tells me everything. Insulting someone on KZbin shorts is really low of you tbh. So go find something else to do.

[@Zachary-]

TM Office: "Let's play is way too broad" The same TM office: "Yeah, you can own the word Face."