[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by BasicThuganomics Actually I don't remember. What happened?

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.