trademark Archives

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool reported that Marvel Comics and DC Comics had lost the rights to the trademark for "super hero." But how did they get it in the first place? It was the Halloween costume maker Ben Cooper, Inc., also credited with coming up with the idea for Spider-Man, that first trademarked the words[...]

Marvel and DC Comics losing their rights to the super hero trademark after fifty years was, yet again, the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and[...]

Marvel and DC Comics losing their rights to the super hero trademark after fifty years was the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in[...]

But Marvel and DC Comics losing their rights to the super hero trademark after fifty years was the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in[...]

The law firm of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg (RJLF) has announced a landmark victory in its trademark case against comics publishers Marvel and DC Comics They have obtained an order from the U.S Patent and Trademark Office cancelling Marvel and DC Comics' joint trademark for the word "Super Hero" and thus allowing their clients, S.J[...]

Co-operating over the registration of the trademark "superhero" which they decided to share It was granted by US authorities in 1979/1980 And one they have successfully defended with their legal departments ever since, disputing numerous challenges in many countries. Photo: Proxima Studio/Shutterstock.com Now a British comic book creator, Scott Richold of Superbabies Ltd, courtesy of Reichman Jorgensen[...]

DC Comics' attempts to extend their trademark for Blue Beetle may have hit a snag with Volkswagen, the manufacturer of the VW Beetle car. Dan Garrett, the Golden Age Blue Beetle, created by Charles Wojtkoski (maybe) may have made his debut in 1939's Mystery Men Comics #1 from Fox Comics, followed the next year with his own[...]

DC Comics has trademarked the phrase "DC Metal Force" But what the phrase actually means, I have no idea Googling doesn't seem to reveal much, but four trademark registrations for DC Metal Force, all registered on the 30th of November across all manner of product plans, suggest something big I just have no idea what… DC[...]

Creative Dreamer Media LLC based in Suamico, Wisconsin, has registered a trademark for "Guardians Of The Ganja" for a variety of business interests, but mostly vape sales As the website states; Guardians of the Ganja is the brainchild of our founder, Sarah Hershberger-Valencia When she started using vape carts back in July 2019, she found herself[...]

Created by Cary Bates for It's a Bird… It's a Plane… It's Supermobile! in 1978's Action Comics, it was initially created as a promotional tie-in for the Corgi Toys toy line and Bates had to find some kind of justification. DC Comics Trademarks The Supermobile For 2022 The Supermobile is designed by Superman and made of Supermanium[...]

Marvel Characters is registering a trademark for Marvel Studios and the above image, taking in stills from the famous movie and TV opening crawl for their films and shows as seen below It will be registered for "Entertainment services in the nature of production and distribution of motion pictures" But it also means that they[...]

At the end of last year, the US Government approved the registration of the words "True Believer" as a trademark by POW Entertainment, for "Downloadable computer application software for mobile phones, namely, software for social networking services" with the following image; True Believer trademark logo True Believer was a phrase used in connection to comic books by[...]

 One week ago today, WWE filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in an attempt to trademark the name "Gunther Stark"  Almost immediately after this news hit the web, anyone in the world with internet access simply Googled the name and were shocked to find out that Gunther Stark was[...]

DC Comics trademarks lots of stuff, naturally, based on the characters and concepts it publishes, often when a TV series or movie is coming to fruition Lots of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman trademarks concepts such as Krypton, Smallville, Superman breaking chains across his chest, Harley Quinn's tattoos like "Daddy's Little Monster" Pretty much what[...]

In 1941, DC Comics registered a trademark for the image of Superman breaking chains from the back cover of Superman #1 Bleeding Cool has a scan of that registration document. Trademark registration stat Today's Infinite Frontier #5 repeats that image for President Superman, the Calvin Ellis version of the Last Son of Krypton who is also President[...]

Of late DC Comics has been pushing their registrations for trademarks for Fandome, The Flash, Live Fast Die Clown, Gifter, Super Hero, Superman & Lois, and Black Adam But what trademarks have they had their lawyers opposing from other people and companies? DC Comics are opposing Ah-Menkarayzz Nuben, formerly Republic Of Mentellect of Brooklyn, New York[...]

Bleeding Cool understands that earlier this month, Diamond Comic Distributors registered a trademark for Free Comic Book Day under the categories of "Advertising, marketing and promotion services; Advertising, marketing and promotion services in the field of comic book and collectible store retail support.; Marketing services, namely, promoting or advertising the goods and services of others;[...]

She can literally sniff out money, not only that but she knows how much people have, what denominations and can track a specific amount being held by someone. Archie Comics Trademarks Cricket O'Dell – Do They Have Plans? She made a brief appearance in Riverdale as Aunt Cricket, member of the Blossom board of trustees, threatening to[...]

Earlier this year, we reported on Comicsgate creator and critic Preston Poulter and his attempt to trademark the term 'Comicsgate' The registration was made by Common Sense Press Inc DBA Pocket Jacks Comics, of Dallas, Texas Poulter is the writer and creator who self-publishes comics such as White Lily under the name Pocket Jacks Comics, and creates YouTube videos[...]

Comic creator Ethan Van Sciver who has become associated with the hashtag, stated that Day had no right to the name, and that as Ethan then ran a YouTube show called Comicsgate Live, that he had the rights to make a comic book imprint called 'Comicsgate' rather than Day. However within days of this conversation, Antonio J[...]

Given that a) it's named after an animal and b) a political movement, I'm surprised that Marvel Comics' extensive trademarking of the term hasn't been challenged more, even with Disney lawyers on their side But that's what Gen-Probe Incorporated are doing. Marvel made one of their massive trademark registrations for Black Panther for … Apparatus for recording,[...]

But mostly about trademarks Yesterday, DC Comics announced that their DC Timeline and 5G lead-in for Free Comic Book Day would be a sequel to their Flash Forward comic by Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth, and be called Generation Zero. Which could be tricky as Valiant Entertainment also published a comic book called Generation Zero, only[...]

Tommy Gun Wizards, the comic book from Christian Ward and Sami Kivelä has gone through a bit of a Dead Rabbit-style trademark clash Just before publication of the third issue, publisher Dark Horse Comics was hit with a Cease & Desist over the name of the comic As a result, while no demand has been[...]

For over fifty years, Marvel and DC Comics have co-owned the trademark for the word 'SUPERHERO' and have challenged any other firm or individual trying to partially trademark the term for their own purposes In 2009, the term "Super Heroes" was registered as a typography-independent "descriptive" US trademark co-owned by DC and Marvel With both[...]

Manufacturing company Guang Zhou Feng Niao Mao Yi You Xian Gong Si g Si, based in Laguna Beach, California, have a new business proposition that they are seeking to register a trademark for When it comes to selling Automobile seat cushions; Automobile windshield sunshades; Automotive interior trim; Baby carriages; Car seats for pets; Car window shades;[...]

Joel Loosli of Alaska has a company called Claimjumper AK, selling clothing as "unique Alaskan apparel" — and launching a number of registered trademarks as a successful company wishing to protect its marketshare might. However, that's not as easy when one of your product lines is called 'Wander Woman'. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1[...]

And it is attempting, once again, to register the trademark "Stan Lee". POW Entertainment has already had a live trademark for over 10 years for "Stan Lee Presents", as well as for "Excelsior". And there is also a live trademark for "Stan Lee" for jewelry from the '80s by a Stanley Orman, who is the former president of Stan[...]

If the trademarks being filed by Nintendo are any indication of the future, we're probably set to have a Super Nintendo World in America somewhere in the next few years NeoGAF posted this listing for a theme park trademark filed by the company last Wednesday, showing that they want to secure the Super Nintendo World[...]

Most trademark folk know the strange position that DC Comics and Marvel have found themselves, protecting and defending their joint claim to the trademark for the word "superhero" If you use the name for your business, especially if you try and trademark that word as part of your business, you'll get a letter demanding you[...]

Microsoft today renewed their trademark on the title "Scalebound" despite cancelling the game back in January, as well as removing any previous mention of it from Microsoft's many web outlets The trademark renewal was spotted by Twitter user y2konya, even though Microsoft were in no danger of losing their trademark registration. Microsoft es propietaria de la[...]