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Barack Obama's Production Company Runs Into a Trademark Problem
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Posted on 09/05/2019 8:26:20 AM PDT by Gosh I love this neighborhood

On Aug. 20, Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Productions made a move to save its name. That day, the company went to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and demanded cancellation of someone else's earlier trademark registration for "Higher Ground Enterprises."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obamaproblem; x44
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1 posted on 09/05/2019 8:26:20 AM PDT by Gosh I love this neighborhood
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To: Gosh I love this neighborhood

The obamas think they are royalty.


2 posted on 09/05/2019 8:28:42 AM PDT by Gosh I love this neighborhood
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To: Gosh I love this neighborhood

“Ghetto Trash Snobs” was taken?


3 posted on 09/05/2019 8:29:12 AM PDT by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: Gosh I love this neighborhood

Urkel and Chewbacca


4 posted on 09/05/2019 8:30:16 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: thoughtomator

Yes, by Spike Lee.


5 posted on 09/05/2019 8:31:07 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Youth, speed and energy can always be overcome with experience and treachery.)
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To: Gosh I love this neighborhood

When you are Barack and Michelle, the “little people” must submit.


6 posted on 09/05/2019 8:36:02 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Calm down and enjoy the ride, great things are happening for our country)
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To: Gosh I love this neighborhood

Why didn’t the obozos choose “Take the High Road?” More fitting with her idiotic statement from years ago which meant absolutely nothing.


7 posted on 09/05/2019 8:36:48 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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B.O. Productions.


8 posted on 09/05/2019 8:40:04 AM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
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“That argument didn’t convince the U.S. Trademark Office, which saw “Higher Ground Productions” and “Higher Ground Enterprises” as too similar sounding, too related in services being offered, and advised, “The overriding concern is not only to prevent buyer confusion as to the source of the goods and/or services, but to protect the registrant from adverse commercial impact due to use of a similar mark by a newcomer.”

So the cows have come home, haven’t they? All the people you confused with political BS during your POTUS years are now the same ones you can’t threaten or force to go your direction, at this time. Get ready for the entire U.S. Trademark Office staff to be IRS audited.

rwood


9 posted on 09/05/2019 8:40:45 AM PDT by Redwood71
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“High Yeller Productions”


10 posted on 09/05/2019 8:41:00 AM PDT by moovova
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“Ghetto Trash Snobs” was taken?

LOL

11 posted on 09/05/2019 8:41:15 AM PDT by Gosh I love this neighborhood
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Copyright cases are generally pretty cut and dried, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the regulators turn the law on its head for the Bozos.


12 posted on 09/05/2019 8:42:14 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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"Instead, of simply picking another name, the Obamas' lawyers have now filed a meritless petition to cancel my client's trademark so they can take it for themselves. This is really deplorable behavior."

I love that he used the word "deplorable."

13 posted on 09/05/2019 8:42:48 AM PDT by Rio
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“...The obamas think they are royalty....”

Yes, I recall back to Obama and his Greek columns...and he followed all of that with his psychopathic lying and hate for America. Very sick people. And now we have to pay money to support and protect these traitors.


14 posted on 09/05/2019 8:44:26 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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They should have researched the name before they finalized it. Like most companies do.


15 posted on 09/05/2019 8:46:47 AM PDT by Oldexpat (Jobs Not Mobs)
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To: Gosh I love this neighborhood

The arrogance of those two passeth all understanding.


16 posted on 09/05/2019 8:46:48 AM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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Why didn’t the obozos choose “Take the High Road?”

Every day, mang.


17 posted on 09/05/2019 8:50:10 AM PDT by Dr.Deth
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or “Damned Flag Productions”?


18 posted on 09/05/2019 8:51:52 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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Hell has no fury like a NARCISSIST scorned


19 posted on 09/05/2019 8:51:53 AM PDT by InkStone (Omni Vivum Ex Surfboard)
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To: thoughtomator

“Ghetto Trash Snobs” was taken?


If it was, perhaps they could try:

“Barack is Reggie Love’s Pillow Biter Enterprises”
“Fake Birth Certificate Productions”
“Michelle Bulge Productions”


20 posted on 09/05/2019 8:52:55 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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