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Old 03-19-2004, 11:53 AM   #1
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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".

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...018249,00.html
Last Updated: 07:45 UK, Friday March 19, 2004
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Old 03-19-2004, 11:57 AM   #2
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Thats so f'n stupid!
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Old 03-19-2004, 11:59 AM   #3
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Thats so f'n stupid!
yeah, it's like copyrighting the words "you suck"

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Old 03-19-2004, 12:10 PM   #4
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Won't happen.
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Old 03-19-2004, 12:13 PM   #5
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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.
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Old 03-19-2004, 12:27 PM   #6
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lol@tpww front page taking news from here
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Old 03-19-2004, 12:51 PM   #7
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Okay, folks. Remember what happened when AOL tried to trademark "You've got mail?"

What about when Mastercard tried to trademark "Priceless?"
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Old 03-19-2004, 02:15 PM   #8
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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?
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Old 03-19-2004, 04:37 PM   #9
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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.
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Old 03-20-2004, 05:09 AM   #10
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I KNOW, they took the porn getting shown during mania article i posted from here too.
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Old 03-19-2004, 02:27 PM   #11
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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?
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Old 03-19-2004, 02:28 PM   #12
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wait - didn't I make a joke about this in the historical wrestlemania captions thread?
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Old 03-19-2004, 03:03 PM   #13
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lol Somebody's going to getfired
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Old 03-19-2004, 04:59 PM   #14
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That's a really dumb idea
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Old 03-19-2004, 06:59 PM   #15
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Old 03-19-2004, 07:07 PM   #16
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I'm going to patent Trump's name so he can't use it anymore
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Old 03-19-2004, 11:38 PM   #17
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McMahon made it cool years before trump did.

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Old 03-22-2004, 08:24 AM   #18
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RIGHT ON MAN When vince says your fired its just soooo much cooler and has alot more anger and emotion
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Old 03-19-2004, 11:40 PM   #19
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lol yeah I read about that, pretty stupid.
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Old 03-20-2004, 12:55 AM   #20
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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.
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Old 03-20-2004, 11:04 AM   #21
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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.
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Old 03-22-2004, 02:17 AM   #22
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Punk bitch.

Everybody doesn't have to like the same kind of music you do. Thats his opinion of punk rock.
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Old 03-22-2004, 10:57 AM   #25
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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.
Yeah. That would happen.

You're prolly one of these dumb fucks who thinks Punk is these new-wave derived boy bands anyways.
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Yeah. That would happen.

You're prolly one of these dumb fucks 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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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Old 03-22-2004, 09:11 AM   #30
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- WHO THE FUCK is Donald Trump? Sounds like a Disney Land character.

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