Posted on 06/13/2016 7:04:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Last week, AT&T launched a new loyalty program dubbed AT&T Thanks, offering rewards to customers, especially those who bundle together wireless and pay-TV services from the company. This morning, Citi fired back at the Death Star, alleging that AT&T is stomping all over Citis ThankYou trademark.
For several years, Citi has had trademarks protecting its ThankYou from Citi credit card rewards program, while AT&T more recently filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its AT&T Thanks mark.
That AT&T mark was published for opposition this week, and it looks like Citi has a problem with it. Citi has sued the telecom titan this morning in federal court seeking to block continued infringement of its trademark, along with damages.
While Citi has registered multiple variations of its ThankYou mark, we couldnt find anything indicating that the bank has registered anything that that says Thanks.
(Excerpt) Read more at consumerist.com ...
Corporatists eating each other. ThankYou is a trademark? Wow, these stories Bern me!
Next, sue for placing a period at the end of a sentence.
I blame gov for approving this trademark
The idea of corporations that intellectual property includes common spoken words is absurd.
I’d say you hit the nail on the head. But Lazamataz owns the word “hit.”
These people would sue their own grandmothers.
Next Hillary’s campaign will trademark “F**k Off”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.