trademarks Archives

Here is the thing about trademarks You have to jus them, and be seen to use them, to get to keep them You can't just register a trademark and sit on it for five years, doing nothing, and still expect to keep it So when Marvel Comics announce they are bringing back CrossGen in November,[...]

Trademarks only remain trademarks if a company defends them when they believe they are challenged And they challenge the ones that mean the most Foirst, hear are the ongoing trademark oppositions. Whose Trademarks Are DC Comics Opposing Now? Black Rock To Buttman Black Rock Coffee Bar of Portland, Oregon for trademarking Black Rock Coffee for "On-line retail[...]

It's what WWE has done to the burgeoning career of an up-and-coming wrestler. Friendship Frog's first and final appearance on WWE Raw as part of the Firefly Funhouse According to a report from Heel by Nature, WWE filed for trademarks for Friendship Frog on November 25th, just days after Alexa Bliss killed the character off on an[...]

There are three additions pertaining to the Comcisgate trademark that might be worth considering. Firstly, Poulter has also added another registration for Comicsgate as a certification mark, the filing stating that it will be used for 'Comic Books conforming to the certification standards as indicated by a Certification Mark.' The War On Comicsgate Trademarks Continues Apace[...]

The Juna Group of Newburyport, Massachusetts, has abandoned a trademark application for the term Harvey Comics, after being challenged by Classic Media.

Darnell Ferguson, aka Darnell "Super Chef" Ferguson of Louiseville, Kentucky, is trying to trademark his Superhero Chefs logo for 'Restaurant services;

So who are DC Comics arguing against in the US trademark courts? There have been quite a few since we last checked in, mostly involving the Superman

Sony has filed a petition with the trademark office to cancel DC's 1994 trademark ahead of Sony's upcoming Firewall Zero Hour video game.

In 2011, Marvel Comics decided to rename October as Costoberfest, to celebrate and show off Marvel Comics cosplay in the run up, and throughout, the New

Speech may not be banned on the grounds that it expresses ideas that offend." This decision could be bigger than it seems at first, as it may apply to the NFL's Washington Redskins, who had their trademarks canceled for being disparaging to Native Americans It will also allow for the use of more offensive or scandalous[...]

Marvel Comics has just registered a trademark for the term "Marvel HQ" for "education and entertainment services". Entertainment is a given, but education?

By Christopher Helton From my viewpoint it is always a good thing when local comic creators manage to make the jump up to the next level, whether it is

Marvel has registered the trademark Timely Comics for "Comic books; printed periodicals in the field of comic book stories and artwork, education,

Bleeding Cool likes to keep an eye on which comic books are being registered for trademarks That, for example, is how we came across Mark Millar and Skottie Young's upcoming comicbook Huck. Well, this was a new one on us The Christian Creed trademarked as appearing on a red white and blue coloured map of the[...]

That's where we see, say, Mark Millar and Skottie Young applying for a trademark for their upcoming comic book Huck, well before any official announcement. It;s also a way to keep an eye on publisher's upcoming plans, They don't apply for the official registration of trademarks for no reason It can be a way to protect[...]

A Doctor Strange movie is scheduled to come out from Marvel for 2016, even though it hasn't been officially announced yet. And the lawyers have been going

Batman: Shadow of the Bat was a comic that ran from 1992 to 2000, telling Batman continuity stories alongside Detective Comics and Batman, which

They have now added Thunderbolts, Tales Of Suspense, Nova, Heroes For Hire, Hawkeye, Eternals, Drax The Destroyer, Daredevil, Black Widow and Defenders. Just trademarks usually indicate an intention to publish solo books under those titles, or to consolidate the trademarks for books currently or recently published There is a notable presence of digital comics in the[...]

That Warner Bros has trademarked Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them for everything (including comic books) under the sun is unsurprising, with the news of an upcoming JK Rowling-written spinoff movie. But it's not the only Potter-related trademark, that may point to future projects.

Infinite Crisis was a comic book mini-series launched by DC in 2005, and published digitally about a year ago. But right now DC are applying for a new