O'Reilly Lawyers Set Up Shop in the Patent Office

theodp writes "On the same day Netizens fumed over the trademarking of Web 2.0 (R), lawyers for O'Reilly were beating a path to the USPTO to file for a trademark on MAKER FAIRE, lest some Irish scallywag try to co-opt that catchy phrase for a conference. Speaking of NETIZENS, USPTO records show O'Reilly once sought a trademark for that term. And while details are sketchy, USPTO records also indicate that O'Reilly not only sought to trademark the term WEBSITE, it was the plaintiff in a scheduled Trademark Trial involving a defendant who laid claim to the phrase WEB CITE."

FP Trademark

[Anonymous Coward]

I trademark "First Post" tm!

I'm Trademarking Trademark! (tm)

[Anonymous Coward]

"On the same day Netizens fumed over the trademarking of Web 2.0 (R), lawyers for O'Reilly were beating a path to the USPTO to file for a trademark on MAKER FAIRE, lest some Irish scallywag try to co-opt that catchy phrase for a conference. Speaking of NETIZENS, USPTO records show O'Reilly once sought a trademark for that term. And while details are sketchy, USPTO records also indicate that O'Reilly not only sought to trademark the term WEBSITE, it was the plaintiff in a scheduled Trademark Trial involving a defendant who laid claim to the phrase WEB CITE."

Un-fucking-believable (tm)

That crazy Bill

[saskboy]

Bill O'Reilly is always up to crazy stuff. Next he'll want to patent racy phone calls that generate a lawsuit.

What? Oh, you don't mean that O'Reilly? Yeah, we'll they are crazy too. Al Gore invented the word website.

Web 2.0 trademark

[Anonymous Coward]

Might as well trademark the equivant phrase "overhyped vaporware"!

oh please please *crosses fingers*

[Anonymous Coward]

Please trademark "GINORMOUS" .. please.. and defend it vigorously.

Re:Yayy

[rainman_bc]

Thank god, now finally the damn buzz-word will be gone forever.

Now what'll we use to impress C level management??? Hard work??? I want more jargon! All I have left is Ajax!

Re:FP Trademark

[j0nkatz]

Sorry I claim "prior art"!

Hi, I'm Lizzy Fair

[spun]

Have you people never heard of the tragedy of the commons? Words and phrases that are owned "collectively" will be mismanaged into meaninglessness. Ideally, every possible combination of characters and punctuation will be owned by someone. Only then will our words be safe from the evil communists seeking to collectivize our precious language.

Comment from 2016

[CheeseburgerBrown]

Slashdot is one of my favourite [REDACTED], because it keeps me informed on all the recent developments in the exciting fields of [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and Doctor Who.

I use my [REDACTED]-aggregator for quick access to all of the cool articles, and then follow the underlined [REDACTED] to other [REDACTED] with related information! Easy as 1-2-[REDACTED]!

Of course, paying the IP tax to read certain words like [REDACTED], [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] can be a bit of a pain, but [I HEARTILY ENDORSE ALL ACTIONS OF THE PATENT OFFICE]!

Your friend,
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Re:FP Trademark

[jesuscyborg]

In America, catch phrases get old!

Re:FP Trademark

[Drooling Iguana]

And then move to Korea.

Re:That crazy Bill

[saskboy]

He invented both. Why do you think Global Warming is everywhere? It spreads via the World Wide Weather Web. He invented them both so he'd have a movie to make if his presidential aspirations didn't pan out, and so he'd have a marketing tool to sell the movie. Ingenious really. If only he'd invented the voting machine capable of counting votes made by non-whites, it would be a more wonderful world.