Blocked party: NFL bars host town from using 'Super Bowl' name

foxnews ^ | 01/31/14 | Perry Chiaramonte

[ro_dreaming]

Just refer to it as the “ultimate last game of the football season”.

[Mad Dawgg]

"$29.5 million, and we don’t begrudge others’ salaries around here."

I don't begrudge him his salary I do begrudge the NFL their tax FREE status. I am against crony capitalism as much or more than over taxation.

[alancarp]

With you there!

[Mouton]

I was just thinking, how long until the NFL also trademarks, ‘The Big Game’?

Cal and Stanford would have a problem with that unless Goodell plans to play the tuba.

[PapaBear3625]

We go through this every year. There’s always somebody that doesn’t understand trademarks, or the courts long list of ruling that require trademark holders to strongly enforce them (basically block and sue everybody they encounter breaking them) or lose them. Don’t ever advertise anything as a Super Bowl party, or a NCAA Tournament party, or any kind of trademark you don’t hold party, because if the holder finds out they HAVE to shut you down.

No they don't. Instead of being schmucks, they could have sold them a license to use the trademark for that event for $1.

[JimRed]

This all started when a group of sodomites organized the “Gay Olympics” and the IOC successfully sued them.

Should'a been the HOMOLIMPICS!

HOMOSEXUAL, because there's nothing GAY about it.

[dfwgator]

Cal and Stanford would have a problem with that unless Goodell plans to play the tuba.

They'll just pay them off, like the Seahawks paid off A&M for using "The 12th Man."

[dfwgator]

I do begrudge the NFL their tax FREE status

Which in part explains why they've gone so PC. "Nice tax free status you got there, hate to see anything happen to it."

[JimRed]

I suppose we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Isn't that what Ted said when Mary Jo said she thought she might be pregnant?

[Maceman]

No problem.

[discostu]

If they had asked first they might have been able to get it. But they went the violation path first, now the trademark must be protected.

[tophat9000]

Well on my Snper Bowl party sign..that “n” is loose and keeps spinning

[McGruff]

Somebody's head is getting too big for their helmet. Hope it's a snoozer.

[Doogle]

...wish I had a dollar for every sign in mid town Manhattan that has “Super Bowl” on it....

[Mad Dawgg]

Yep same thing they are doing to the churches. Oh no tax free status for you if you preach politics from the pulpit at election time. Unless you back the correct candidates of course.

Wait until they use it to force gay marriages to happen in the church!

[Jack Hydrazine]

“Stupor Bowl” works well since so many drink before, during, and after the game.

[nikos1121]

I agree with you.

I used to work at Caterpillar Tractor. They were and still are very very aggressive in pursuing their trademark. And so guess what? No one uses “Caterpillar” or “Cat” remotely with their products. Those are exclusive trademarks of Caterpillar.

I see a lot of these postings where the person writing the article is trying to drum up something to get a rise out of us.

The other day someone posted a child’s home made cupcakes being shut down because the board of health said they were in violation of their food preparation codes. The article written like the big bad govt came in and shut down this poor kid’s cupcake business. Hey, it’s the law. If someone were to eat the cupcake and get sick then what?

Take to the next level, O’Reilly who goes on his show two days ago ranting about how the republicans are making a mistake by opposing the minimum wage limit to $10. Forget the fact that just about anyone with any horsesense can see that the min wage law helps unions, and not the entry level worker. In fact, it reduces jobs by forcing companies to automate these entry level jobs.

In short, I wish people would stop posting articles that are stupid in the first place.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Of course for many years the NFL did not enforce the trademark, later changed their minds, yet still retain the rights despite knowingly allowing thousands of groups to use it.

[Tenacious 1]

The non profit NFL which pays Roger Goodell $200 million per year.

That's a great point. By law, how can the NFL be "non-profit" and enjoy protection of copyright infringement. I thought Copyright laws were specifically intended to protect the rights of a proprietor against potential profits made by others with their ideas/products.

I'm not a lawyer but I have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express before.

[Tenacious 1]

I think someone with some money should trademark “Global Warming”, “Climate Changes”, and several others. Then they should vigorously protect their trademarks and not let anyone mention them.