LMAO Vince won't like this one bit...
 

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Billionaire property tycoon Donald Trump has filed to copyright the phrase "you're fired."

Trump has used the words to strike fear into contestants on his reality TV show in the US, The Apprentice.

The catchphrase has taken off, much like Anne Robinson's "You are the weakest link".

Now Trump wants to trademark the saying, his spokesman confirmed. A request has been filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

It would mean that fashion and games companies, among others, would not be able to use the saying on merchandise without permission.

T-shirts with the words, "You're Fired", have already gone on sale at the famous New York department store, Bloomingdales.

The Apprentice has become a major hit in the US. The show is corporate America's answer to hit programmes like Survivor.

Budding entrepreneurs compete for a real job with the mega corporation, based in the Trump World Tower in New York.

At the end of each episode, on NBC, Trump tells one of the candidates: "You're Fired".

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Thats so f'n stupid!

yeah, it's like copyrighting the words "you suck"

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Won't happen.

I think im gonna copyright the words, the, and, and I. Then when I see one of those words on a shirt with out my permission I can sue.

lol@tpww front page taking news from here

Okay, folks. Remember what happened when AOL tried to trademark "You've got mail?"

What about when Mastercard tried to trademark "Priceless?"

Actually I don't remember. What happened? :-\

Yeah, that won't happen cause it is a common saying, plus what will managers do if they can't say yoru fired without getting sued?

wait - didn't I make a joke about this in the historical wrestlemania captions thread?

lol Somebody's going to getfired :lol:

AOL sued over their "trademark," but were unsuccessful.

Mastercard sued Ralph Nader, and the courts ruled against them. I don't think they even had a registered Trademark on "Priceless," and this is even funnier, because the ad he did it in fell under parody anyways...(Think Al Franken and the "Fair and Balanced"suit)

Regardless, you can't trademark something useful. That includes high mileage terms. You can trademark a name like "Mastercard," because it's something only YOU and your affiliates are using. In fact, it was either made up by the Mastercard company or something they paid to have created. Priceless has been part of the english language for at least centuries. "You're Fired" may be a catch phrase, but it can't be enforced as a trademark because it's common use and was not established by Turner (who is the one trying to trademark it).

some things can be trademarked with a certain medium, but even if he tried THAT, there's plenty of times "you're fired" has been uttered by Vince McMahon and Co alone, much less on all of TV. however, that's how many businesses trademark their names.

By the way, I've decided to trademark the Century Gothic font, the color green, and the punctuation tool "..." as exclusive territories of myself.

<font color=Silver>That's a really dumb idea</font>

Wow that is mad ghey™.

I'm going to patent Trump's name so he can't use it anymore

McMahon made it cool years before trump did.

YOURE FIRRRRREEEEEDDDDDD

<font color=8307ff><b>lol yeah I read about that, pretty stupid.</font></b>

LOL! Pretty ridiculous.

However, even if the phrase is copyrighted, Vince can still say it. The copyright just prevents the use of the phrase for commercial profit, such as marketing it on shirts, signs, etc... If you were barred from saying it, that would violate freedom of speech.

I KNOW, they took the porn getting shown during mania article i posted from here too.

I'm going to patent the word "the" because I use is so much, and because everyone who knows me can tell you, "man that guy says "the" a lot." So it's only fair to me that I patent it and charge everyone a penny everytime they use it.

I think this story is just a rumor. It reminds me of back when Metalica was all sue happy with a Napster and all, and there was a rumor that they had interest in patenting several musical chords that they felt were major influences on their music. In a related story, every punk rock band in America protested the move because with the lack of the three easiest chords that can be played on the guitar, their music would be just a barbershop quartet and some drums.

You can't sue someone for SAYING "the" if you copywrited it. However, you COULD sue someone for using the word "the" as the basis of an advertisement or on any marketed material sold for profit.

If they'd allow you to trademark it in the first place...

Odds are they would not, ESPECIALLY with the word in question...

That was a joke that someone set up on a page designed to look exactly like a news page off of Met's site.

Through sheer stupidity, people spread it until it became fact to some.

Anyways, the story was that Met trademarked or patented a chord progression, I think it was E to F. It was some similar bastardisation of a leading tone progression. Anyways, that was a joek, and was never reported as news.

This has been reported on many news sites. As sad as it may be, this is real news. Now, Trump may be doing it as a joke or publicity stunt, but that's a different story.

And to further the unrealistic nature of the claims, no "punk" act these days has the musical capacity to be a barbershop quartet. :lol:

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A. Metallica sucks, who gives a shit about them. This is about Donald Trump trying to muscle people around because he thinks he is the greatest thing to walk on 2 feet.

B. I like punk rock, and if you think that about it you have never heard it. Before you go and flame something, tell me what kind of band you think punk rock is so I have the chance to make fun of you for a while before proving you wrong.

I tought this was about Donald Trump.

BTW, the word kayfabe is trademarked by Travis Beaven (who also runs fWo) and Travis is receiving royalties from the Flair DVD.

Punk bitch. :shifty:

Everybody doesn't have to like the same kind of music you do. Thats his opinion of punk rock.

RIGHT ON MAN When vince says your fired its just soooo much cooler and has alot more anger and emotion

- WHO THE FU</>CK is Donald Trump? Sounds like a Disney Land character.

- Vince McMahon has probably been saying it much longer than he has.

Yeah. That would happen.

You're prolly one of these dumb fu</>cks who thinks Punk is these new-wave derived boy bands anyways.

No, I have been listening to punk music for almost 18 years. The boy bands that are "New-wave" are pop punk. I dont listen to that.

18 years? Wow. Now I'm totally dumbfounded. Because TRU PUNK started in 1986.

(which is why Mission of Burma were Post-Punk in 78...)

That is stupid

Umm true punk didnt start in 1986, maybe in the US. British had punk rock in the 70's with Crass, Subhumans and the more popular Sex Pistols. You can read it on their damn website if you think I am wrong Knob.

And as for being "True Punk", there are only a few bands started in the US that could even be deemed that name.

Mission of Burma did start in 78 in America, but were influenced by British bands.

This guy loves that song "I believe in a thing called love" and beats off to it daily...er...headbangs to the beat (bangs head)....er....Handjives to it...(or was that handjobs?) anyway, he thinks Scooby Doo was the most awesomest movie ever and deserves to have as many sequels as police academy. Go ahead man, groove to the music of 6 mid-pubecent teenage boys singing in unison about seeing their girlfriend (singular) after third period English.