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<rss version="2.0"><channel><atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" href="https://bleedingcool.comtag/trademarks//feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>trademarks</title><description>Comics, Movies, TV, Games</description><link>https://bleedingcool.com</link><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:52:42 -0500</lastBuildDate><generator>LOLtron</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The Omni Omega+ Entertainment Corp, DC Comics &#038; Trademarks (Spoilers)]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[DC Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[KO]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omni Omega+ Entertainment Corp]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-omni-omega-entertainment-corp-dc-comics-trademarks-spoilers/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=2436205</guid><description><![CDATA[The Omni Omega+ Entertainment Corp, DC Comics and Trademarks in Lobo, Green Lantern and Emperor Aquaman (Spoilers)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:50:10 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvel To Publish CrossGen Tales To Keep Disney Trademarks On Them]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marvel Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[crossgen]]></category><category><![CDATA[marvel]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-to-publish-crossgen-tales-to-keep-disney-trademarks-on-them/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=1653340</guid><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:27:10 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose Trademarks Are DC Comics Opposing Now? Black Rock To Buttman]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[dc comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/whose-trademarks-are-dc-comics-opposing-now-black-rock-to-buttman/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=1547557</guid><description><![CDATA[We haven't done this since last August, but it can often expose the thoughts, priorities, and plans for a company such as DC Comics going forward.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 11:28:11 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looks Like WWE's Friendship Frog Needs a New Name for Indie Bookings]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Jude Terror]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category><category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><category><![CDATA[WWE]]></category><category><![CDATA[friendship frog]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><category><![CDATA[wrestling]]></category><category><![CDATA[wwe]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/tv/looks-like-wwes-friendship-frog-needs-a-new-name-for-indie-bookings/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=1303062</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks to WWE's aggressive trademark policy, we may soon hear the phrase "what's Camaraderie Toad doing in the Impact Zone?!"]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:35:48 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The War On Comicsgate Trademarks Continues Apace]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[comicsgate]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-war-on-comicsgate-trademarks-continues-apace/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=1211768</guid><description><![CDATA[The war on comicsgate trademarks continues, with thre separate and competing registrations anc claims being considered by the US government.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 17:00:53 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Juna Group Abandons Trademark Application for Harvey Comics]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[classic media]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harvey Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[juna group]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/juna-group-abandons-trademark-application-harvey-comics/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=1120541</guid><description><![CDATA[The Juna Group of Newburyport, Massachusetts, has abandoned a trademark application for the term Harvey Comics, after being challenged by Classic Media.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:00:45 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DC Comics Oppose Trademarks From Lawyers, Blockchain, Chefs and NetEase]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[DC Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[dc]]></category><category><![CDATA[dc comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-comics-oppose-trademarks-lawyers-blockchain-chefs-netease/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=1081875</guid><description><![CDATA[Darnell Ferguson, aka Darnell "Super Chef" Ferguson of Louiseville, Kentucky, is trying to trademark his Superhero Chefs logo for 'Restaurant services;]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 12:30:11 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose Trademarks Are DC Comics Opposing NOW?!]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[DC Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[dc comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/whose-trademarks-are-dc-comics-opposing-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=1041753</guid><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 10:55:05 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trademark Crisis: Sony is Trying to Make Sure DC Never Makes a Sequel to Zero Hour]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Jude Terror]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[dc]]></category><category><![CDATA[sony]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><category><![CDATA[zero hour]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/trademark-crisis-sony-is-trying-to-make-sure-dc-never-makes-a-sequel-to-zero-hour/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=1009081</guid><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 23:00:06 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvel Comics Trademarks 'Costoberfest']]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cosplay]]></category><category><![CDATA[san diego comic con]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Costoberfest]]></category><category><![CDATA[marvel]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-comics-trademarks-costoberfest/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=686823</guid><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 10:15:59 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Says Rule Against Potentially Offensive Trademarks Is Unconstitutional]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Dan Wickline]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[film]]></category><category><![CDATA[HRL]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Alito]]></category><category><![CDATA[Simon Tam]]></category><category><![CDATA[supreme court]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/movies/supreme-court-trademarks-unconstitutional/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=668511</guid><description><![CDATA[In a unanimous ruling today, the Supreme Court struck down a provision that prohibited offensive language in U.S. trademarks.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 10:37:03 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvel Registers Trademark For 'Marvel HQ' For Education And Entertainment]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marvel Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[HRL]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marvel Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marvel Studios]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/registers-trademark-marvel-hq/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=665405</guid><description><![CDATA[Marvel Comics has just registered a trademark for the term "Marvel HQ" for "education and entertainment services". Entertainment is a given, but education?]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 09:30:30 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battle Of The Overwatches: Comics Versus Video Games]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Christopher Helton]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Games]]></category><category><![CDATA[Video Games]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blizzard Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[CAE Studios]]></category><category><![CDATA[overwatch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Project Overwatch]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademark]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/games/video-games-2/battle-overwatches-comics-versus-video-games/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=446205</guid><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 18:45:40 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 74 Years, Marvel Registers Timely Comics Trademark]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[marel]]></category><category><![CDATA[marevl]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin Goodman]]></category><category><![CDATA[timely]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/after-74-years-marvel-registers-timely-comics-trademark/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=427231</guid><description><![CDATA[Marvel has registered the trademark Timely Comics for "Comic books; printed periodicals in the field of comic book stories and artwork, education,]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 13:30:21 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trademarking The Christian Creed On A USA Map For Comics]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[christian creed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/christian-creed-on-a-usa-map-trademarked-for-comics/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=412804</guid><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2015 09:31:23 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Titles For Northstar, Kingpin, Beast, Red Skull, Omega The Unknown And Werewolf By Night? When Marvel Trademarks!]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Recent Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kingpin]]></category><category><![CDATA[marvel]]></category><category><![CDATA[northstar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omega The Unknown]]></category><category><![CDATA[red skull]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Werewolf By Night]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/northstar-kingpin-beast-red-skull-omega-and-werewolf-by-night-get-trademarked-by-marvel-more-to-come/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=399864</guid><description><![CDATA[Bleeding Cool always likes to keep an eye on trademark registrations. That's where we see, say, Mark Millar and Skottie Young applying for a trademark for]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:30:05 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvel Comics Ties Up Trademarks Ahead Of Doctor Strange Movie]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category><category><![CDATA[doctor strange]]></category><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[marvel]]></category><category><![CDATA[movie]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/movies/marvel-comics-ties-up-trademarks-ahead-of-doctor-strange-movie/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=357533</guid><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2014 17:30:01 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DC Comics To Revive Shadow Of The Bat]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Recent Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alan Grant]]></category><category><![CDATA[Batman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[dc]]></category><category><![CDATA[dc comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[shadow of the bat]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/dc-comics-to-revive-shadow-of-the-bat/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=325191</guid><description><![CDATA[Batman: Shadow of the Bat was a comic that ran from 1992 to 2000, telling Batman continuity stories alongside Detective Comics and Batman, which]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:00:32 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marvel's New Trademarks &#8211; From Drax The Destroyer To Eternals]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[black widow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[daredevil]]></category><category><![CDATA[defenders]]></category><category><![CDATA[drax]]></category><category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[eternals]]></category><category><![CDATA[hawkeye]]></category><category><![CDATA[marvel]]></category><category><![CDATA[nova]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tales of Suspense]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvels-new-trademarks-from-drax-the-destroyer-to-eternals/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=311402</guid><description><![CDATA[Marvel Characters, Inc in Burbank continue to add, or extend trademark registrations. We listed a bunch from earlier in the month. They have now added]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:00:50 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warner Bros Ups The Harry Potter Trademarks &#8211; Beedle The Bard, Quidditch And More]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[fantastic beasts and where to find them]]></category><category><![CDATA[harry potter]]></category><category><![CDATA[jk rowling]]></category><category><![CDATA[quidditch]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/movies/warner-bros-ups-the-harry-potter-trademarks-beedle-the-bard-quidditch-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=285057</guid><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:30:34 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's DC Up To With The Infinite Crisis Trademark?]]></title><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><![CDATA[Rich Johnston]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Recent Updates]]></category><category><![CDATA[dc comics]]></category><category><![CDATA[infinite crisis]]></category><category><![CDATA[trademarks]]></category><link>https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/whats-dc-up-to-with-the-infinite-crisis-trademark/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://bleedingcool.com/?p=229337</guid><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:00:15 -0600</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
