Tip of the Trademark Iceberg

Scholars of the Game

English - December 09, 2018 22:27 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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This a "scratching the surface" look at trademarks.

Questions we look to answer in this episode are:

What is a trademark?

Why do we have trademarks?

Why get a trademark?

What is the difference between the little TM and the R in a circle on a logo?

How do you get one?

The last half of the episode is taking a look at applying this information to current sports trademark disputes. We look at Terry Rosier fighting over the Scream Mask in his shirts. Also the Braves Taxi company's dispute with the Atlanta Braves over the colors, font and tomahawk use in Taxi's logo.