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jmowreader

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5. This will be an easy trademark to kill

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Tue May 8, 2018, 05:42 PM

May 2018

Here's the trademark:

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4802:ikxlny.4.6

According to the trademark page, her first use was 6/16/2016. If anyone can prove they used the word in the title of a romance novel before that date, the trademark can be revoked.

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A literal dick move: romance novelist trademarks "cocky" in book titles [View all] muriel_volestrangler May 2018 OP

I'm an admin for a huge writing group on Facebook. CherokeeDem May 2018 #1

Obvious remedy sdfernando May 2018 #2

HA! YES! Aristus May 2018 #3

Interesting to note that titles can't be *copyrighted* -- odd that this was allowed. nt eppur_se_muova May 2018 #4

This will be an easy trademark to kill jmowreader May 2018 #5