TL;DR of Gmerica and How This Trademark Works
Not everything is as murky as dark pool trading. It's easy to learn what GameStop plans to do with Gmerica. We just need to learn how TM's work!
Instead of a drawn-out post explaining how TM's work, I'll just tell you what GameStop did.
Let's go!™️ <--- Illegal to use unless whatever it's next to is actually a TM.
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Since Gmerica is a new word that GameStop hasn't used for very long, they'll have to prove its future use in commerce. Prior to approval, they'll have to show the Trademark office how they're going to use Gmerica by submitting specimens 🔍. This will be made public 👀.
TL;DR: No need to speculate!
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Timeline:
- Filing: Done ✅
- Assigned to an Examining Attorney to approve it: 30 days ⚖️
- Back and forth with Examining Attorney: Several months ↔️
- Published for opposition (people can oppose): 30 days 🚫
Total time: Six months to a year 🗓
TL;DR: Unless GameStop pays for a rush and no one cares, the TM will be live in about a year-ish.
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GameStop filed for:
- A "Standard Character Mark". They filed for a MARK, not a TRADE NAME, meaning they will likely not be making a company out of this.
No one can say "Gmerica" on any of the following (a class is a category):
- Class 025: Clothing, namely, t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats; footwear 👕
- Class 28: Action figures; puzzles; dolls; plush toys; stuffed toys; inflatable toys, board games; card games; dice games; playing cards and card games 🧸
- Class 35: Retail and on-line retail store services featuring clothing, collectible items, and memorabilia 💻
What they did NOT file TM protection for:
- A Gmerica logo. This implies they won't make it a separate company. However, they could do this in a future filing. 🎨
TL;DR: Gamestop filed for the exclusive right to make a bunch of Gmerica merchandise and put it online.
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Buy, hodl, and then buy a bunch of gmerica stuff with MOASS money.
Posted Aug 30, 2021, 4:42 PM UTC · edited
Finally some sensible information. Good job ape :)
Thank you!
GameStop Monitored Exchange
How do you know GameStop is the one who put this in, do you have any links? Edit: https://www.tmdn.org/tmview/#/tmview/detail/US500000090897211
As you can see, GameStop is the owner, but it looks like they hired an Attorney to file it.
I think they should've filed for IC9 as well if they intended to use it for NFTs, 36 and 42 also look relevant but who knows