So a friend and I were joking around, and he came up with a "Top 10 reasons to date a gamer" list and wants to make it into a t-shirt.
In one of those reasons, he uses the phrase "Catch them all", and the way it is used is almost a pun(i think) on the popular Pokemon phrase "Gotta catch'em all!".
Now I said "isn't that trademark infridgement?" So I go on to www.uspto.gov to see if the phrase is indeed trademarked.
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=rn21pj.3.1
The status says it's dead, but I'm not willing to bet on it's safe to use it. I'm sure if he used the word "Pokemon" he could get in trouble though.
My friend is only making the shirt for himself and someone else (not making profit), so he says he is fine. I tell him to wait and let's get some answers first.
So is this a (potential) case of trademark infringement?
2007-03-02
18:38:22
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