Jack, OMG. I have been saying Thank You to all my customers for many years now. I had better hide from Citigroup now. Good thing Travelers got away from them and got their trade mark Umbrella logo back.
OMG! That is just insane. How can anyone trademark a common phrase? Is Please trademarked as well? How about OMG or LOL? Sorry, it just should not be possible to trademark or copyright a common phrase.
I own the patent on the dye used to make black ice (frequently reported as existing on our road surfaces every Winter) and I want to register the trademark phrase “Black Ice” so I can make royalties every time someone speaks or prints the phrase “Black Ice.” Don’t tell me that “Black Ice” doesn’t really exist because I hear it reported all the time every Winter. Guess I better start looking for a remote island for sale. (SARCASM folks!)
this is purely petty
Excuse me, Adjuster, I have a trademark on the word “this” (and Bill Clinton has a trademark on the word “is”).
I have the trademarks for “You’re Welcome” and “Your Welcome”. Just saying.
Jack, OMG. I have been saying Thank You to all my customers for many years now. I had better hide from Citigroup now. Good thing Travelers got away from them and got their trade mark Umbrella logo back.
OMG! That is just insane. How can anyone trademark a common phrase? Is Please trademarked as well? How about OMG or LOL? Sorry, it just should not be possible to trademark or copyright a common phrase.
So when I thank someone for a service or courtesy will I now need to worry about the trademark police?
It wasn’t so long ago that restaurants couldn’t sing Happy Birthday to a customer because of trade mark infringement, but that was finally overturned.
Citigroup is a corrupt company anyway, and one of the leaders in the banking meltdown in 2007.
Citi is mistaken, their slogan does end in the word “you”, but the first word isn’t “thank”.
I own the patent on the dye used to make black ice (frequently reported as existing on our road surfaces every Winter) and I want to register the trademark phrase “Black Ice” so I can make royalties every time someone speaks or prints the phrase “Black Ice.” Don’t tell me that “Black Ice” doesn’t really exist because I hear it reported all the time every Winter. Guess I better start looking for a remote island for sale. (SARCASM folks!)