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- jboitnott, on 05/21/2009, -1/+49Trademarking animal noises? Viva la copyright law!
- WraTH017, on 05/21/2009, -1/+34I wonder if i could patent the sound of a beating heart and send cease and desist letters to all these opportunistic ***** patenting language or things that occur in nature like genes and animal noises.
Ta-Thump is now trademarked.
You all now owe me $10,000 per use... at about 60 a minute, for the rest of your life. - jitterbits, on 05/22/2009, -1/+24This is getting riduckulous.
- undervalued, on 05/21/2009, -1/+16AAARUUUUGGGAAAA ®
All who use their car horn pay me! - journalist08, on 05/21/2009, -2/+12AFLAAAAAAC!!!
- themastersb, on 05/23/2009, -1/+10You can't say "viva" without an ® anymore. I trademarked it. C&D immediately.
- doctechnical, on 05/21/2009, -3/+11"Ride the Ducks belongs to the bible-kissing, Georgia-based corporate monolith..."
No bias here. - inactive, on 05/23/2009, -0/+7wrath017 youre a real jerk man i cant believe you would do something like this
- sirbeta, on 05/23/2009, -0/+6Are you going to suggest your beating heart somehow does not help you run your business?!
- trparky, on 05/23/2009, -1/+7What are they going to do next? File a lawsuit against a duck because it quacked?
- mattyk123, on 05/23/2009, -0/+5More like all who use their car horn from the 1920's pay you..
- Khast, on 05/23/2009, -0/+5Copyright/Patent reform now please........this is just getting ducking ridiculous.
- inactive, on 05/23/2009, -0/+4Trade mark and copyright law ***** up normal life once again.. thanks blood sucking lawyers.
- fallingdamage, on 05/23/2009, -1/+4I felt a great disturbance in personal rights, as if millions of ducks suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
- Skeetronic, on 05/22/2009, -1/+4Howard the duck is turning in his grave right now
- MikaStar, on 05/23/2009, -0/+2So does this mean I can trademark my cat's meow? Or how about I trademark the human vocal system so that whenever someone talks, they owe me money. Or maybe people can start trademarking farts and burps as well? This is just ridiculous.
- Qumahlin, on 05/23/2009, -1/+3You don't understand how it works. Yes you probably could do all those things just mentioned providing you trademark them in relation to a specific business/function.
Ride the Ducks did not trademark the quack noise. They trademarked the noise in use with duck themed tours. So a university mascot or even a car dealer using a duck mascot / sound would not be in violation of this.
I do agree it's ***** insane, but most people here don't seem to understand how patens and trademarks work. While our system is ***** its not quite THAT ***** just yet. - dampeal, on 05/23/2009, -0/+2My farts sometimes sound like a duck quacking, are they going to send me a cease and desist as well?
- inactive, on 05/23/2009, -0/+2yeah but you can lose your rights quite easily
- DahRecords, on 05/22/2009, -0/+2What a load of QUACK!
- inactive, on 05/23/2009, -0/+2I guess it's a good thing my heart goes ba-bump then.
- memper, on 05/23/2009, -0/+2unless he was also offering boat tours in SF.
- dzhastin, on 05/23/2009, -0/+2Actually selling blood and plasma is my primary source of income. I'm pretty much screwed if that trademark is held up in court...FML
- dungbeetle, on 05/23/2009, -1/+2I'm happy having an average of 70 bpm. You must be some kind of athlete.
- Qumahlin, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1Their copyright applies only to it's use in conjunction with tours.
So basically if people start taking a tour of the city while riding your ass, then yes, they will come after you. - fangor, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1Quack
GO AHEAD, SUE ME. I ***** DARE YOU.
Also, here's the sound, just in case I haven't pissed you off yet.
http://free-loops.com/download-free-loop-3371.html - judicar, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1Eventually Gilbert Godfrey will catch wind of this and sue EVERYBODY.
- andyd273, on 05/27/2009, -0/+1I'm gonna say that there was prior art, unless they want to sue mother nature...
Good luck serving her though, unless you want your house leveled or something.
She can get cranky. - inactive, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1Bitches love the Model T.
- MarkOfTheDead, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1I ***** hate those people so much. Nothing like tourists in a covered truck quacking at you walk you walk in the rain. You take your life in your hands riding those things and they need to be ***** banned, seriously.
- gemlarin, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1What did i just read?
- skipvt, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Come and get me MF’ers!!!
- R3t0x, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1As I posted on the article people are going to be scared to teach there kids the ***** animal sounds if this continues. 10 years you won't be able to sigh because someone will have the ***** sound copyrighted.
- Qumahlin, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1You people do realize they didn't trademark the use of the word / sound "Quack" right? You do know how a trademark works correct? They would have no reason to sue you.
- dampeal, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1Well what if I fart while I'm on the tour?
- maz2331, on 05/23/2009, -0/+1That is the way trademarks work. Once someone uses one in a particular market, it becomes "theirs" with exclusive rights - in that market. Just using one is usually enough for most purposes, especially if it has the "TM" mark (in print), but a registered one (the annoying (R) symbol) does carry more weight.
The reason is to prevent confusion as to which vendor is which.
There are defenses available. For example, any mark that is already "generic" is unlikely to pass muster -- you can't trademark "lighter".
A "quack" may or not fly, but that's going to have to be determined at trial. - Qumahlin, on 05/23/2009, -2/+2Ride the Ducks needs to be abolished anyway. Giving people those ***** duck horns to quack at people is just annoying. I'll never forget when I watched one of the Ride the Ducks tours here in Philly get pelted with food and soda because there was heavy traffic on south street and the passengers decided that blowing those duck horns loudly at everyone was a good idea.
I have a feeling we won't need to worry about any of those visitors coming back to our fair city anytime soon :) - Katana314, on 05/23/2009, -1/+1ALF is gonna have a field day representing ducks of the world in a suit against the company. It'll pay for the new ducks' home!
- PopcornDave, on 05/23/2009, -1/+1I wonder if this ***** has ever tried to go after the University of Oregon for their mascot.
- foltaggio, on 05/23/2009, -1/+1I'm going to trademark the letter "e". Everyone who uses it must pay me $25 per use.
- PopcornDave, on 05/23/2009, -1/+1So is anybody who saw that turkey - which means that it's about time for Hollywood to remake it. (shudder)
- D3koy, on 05/23/2009, -2/+2If they named their company "Quack" and this other company was using "Quack" as their slogan I could see it being a problem. But McDonalds doesn't get a royalty anyone says love...
- Apnz, on 05/23/2009, -0/+0Someone needs to explain this to Monster Cable then. :P
- psykiv, on 05/23/2009, -2/+1Patent breathing?
- inactive, on 05/23/2009, -2/+1I am going out now and sampling everything. Woo hoo this is too easy...
- spoer, on 05/23/2009, -2/+1MGM has a trademark on the lion's roar in the opening sequence of their movies. Just a little fun fact for ya.
- PopcornDave, on 05/23/2009, -3/+1Bible kissers can be money grubbing ***** just like everyone else. No surprise here.
What is surprising is that these idiots think that they're going to not only come out on the winning side in San Francisco but that the publicity is going to somehow help them. - pjkovach, on 05/23/2009, -2/+0that damn duck boat/bus drives by my apartment every day in Baltimore...
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