Trademarks and pop culture often intersect. See prior posts on Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump, Occupy Wall Street, Paris Hilton, Jersey Shore, and more!
The latest such intersection: quarterback phenomenon Tim Tebow of the Denver Broncos. In the last few weeks, the following applications have been filed by persons other than Tim Tebow [click trademark for USPTO records]:
TEBOW TIME – shirts
It’s Tebow Time – Hooded sweat shirts; Sport shirts; Sports shirts with short sleeves; Sweat shirts; T-shirts; Turtle neck shirts; Wind shirts
Tebowing – Hats; Shirts; T-shirts; T-shirts for our website tebowing.com; Tee shirts
Tebowing – stickers
Because these each use the Tebow name – and presumably without his consent – each of the applications is unlikely to ever become registered by the USPTO.
Note that Tim Tebow has filed to protect the name and logo of his charitable foundation [click for USPTO record]:
– charitable fundraising services to support terminally ill children and their families; charitable services, namely community outreach services provided to children with life threatening illnesses; granting wishes of terminally ill children and their families
W15H – charitable fundraising services to support terminally ill children and their families; charitable services, namely community outreach services provided to children with life threatening illnesses; granting wishes of terminally ill children and their families
If Mr. Tebow’s winning continues in the NFL, I suspect we will be seeing more TEBOW related filings from him and from others!
