Marvel and DC have lost the trademark to "Super Hero"

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LightSnake
09/29/2024
01:24 PM
#1
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/us-court-states-marvel-dc-lost-super-hero-trademark/

The law firm of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg (RJLF) has announced a landmark victory in its trademark case against comics publishers Marvel and DC Comics. They have obtained an order from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cancelling Marvel and DC Comics' joint trademark for the word "Super Hero" and thus allowing their clients, S.J. Richold and Superbabies Limited, to freely use the term.This was granted after Marvel and DC failed to respond to court requests.
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Irony
09/29/2024
01:25 PM
#2
I was unaware that was even trademarked
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evilpresident
09/29/2024
01:26 PM
#3
Irony posted...
I was unaware that was even trademarked

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Alteres
09/29/2024
01:32 PM
#4
landmark

neither company gave enough of a shit to respond
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DisgracefulSins
09/29/2024
01:35 PM
#5
I mean even The Mask mentioned being a super hero.

That was never trademarked. And if it was it was never strongly enforced. Super hero gets used to describe a great many things.
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LinkDaLunatic
09/29/2024
01:40 PM
#6
Irony posted...
I was unaware that was even trademarked
This. But trademarks and patents for broad concepts like this need to be rejected, anyway. There's protecting an IP and then there's just being a trademark troll/patent pest. These types of applications should be thrown out immediately and those submitting them should be laughed at.
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Tyranthraxus
09/29/2024
01:44 PM
#7
How the fuck do two different companies own a trademark to the same fucking thing?
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Villain_S_Fiend
09/29/2024
01:53 PM
#8
That's good. It was always puzzling to me how they were able to stake a claim to such a vague descriptive.
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absolutebuffoon
09/29/2024
01:57 PM
#9
LightSnake posted...
This was granted after Marvel and DC failed to respond to court requests.
Wow, such confidence that they didn't need to give this the time of day and it clearly backfired.
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LightSnake
09/29/2024
02:06 PM
#10
absolutebuffoon posted...
Wow, such confidence that they didn't need to give this the time of day and it clearly backfired.

It's probably no shock, given how widespread the use has been. It's nice to see it formalized, though.
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Seaman_Prime
09/29/2024
02:17 PM
#11
Irony posted...
I was unaware that was even trademarked

K181
09/29/2024
02:19 PM
#12
Seems fair, next. That has become generic as possible.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
YellowSUV
09/29/2024
02:21 PM
#13
absolutebuffoon posted...
Wow, such confidence that they didn't need to give this the time of day and it clearly backfired.

My guess is they realized they stop defending the trademark a long time ago and "super hero" has become a very generic term they knew they wouldn't be able to keep.
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NatsuSama
09/29/2024
02:29 PM
#14
Wasn't aware it was ever trademarked given so many stories that aren't Marvel or DC use the term, "super hero."
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UnholyMudcrab
09/29/2024
02:30 PM
#15
I don't think that's even how trademarks work in the first place
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specialkid8
09/29/2024
02:39 PM
#16
Thank god. Now we can finally start making super hero porn parodies and horror movies.
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GrandConjuraton
09/29/2024
02:47 PM
#17
Irony posted...
I was unaware that was even trademarked

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rick_alverado
09/29/2024
04:37 PM
#18
DisgracefulSins posted...
I mean even The Mask mentioned being a super hero.

That was never trademarked. And if it was it was never strongly enforced. Super hero gets used to describe a great many things.

It was trademarked, but it didn't prevent it from being used in dialogue or whatever, as that's not how trademark works. It means it couldn't be used in the title of comics books and possibly other media (you have to specify the specific media/markets that the trademark applies to, and I don't know exactly what their trademark was for).
xlr_big-coop
09/29/2024
05:14 PM
#19
Tyranthraxus posted...
How the fuck do two different companies own a trademark to the same fucking thing?

Irony posted...
I was unaware that was even trademarked
These
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Ivynn
09/29/2024
05:18 PM
#20
Considering how generic it's become and how literally everything uses "super hero", they probably didn't see a point in bothering to defend.
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orcus_snake
09/29/2024
05:43 PM
#21
If this is new couldnt they have gone for No more heropes 3? the main villian refers to hismelf as a God damn super hero because "that is what people like these days".
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PeteyParker
09/29/2024
05:45 PM
#22
Unknown company using meaningless story to get press so people start talking about the company. Good job in giving them exactly what they want Bleeding Cool, you always were and always will be a shit site.
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rick_alverado
09/29/2024
05:45 PM
#23
orcus_snake posted...
If this is new couldnt they have gone for No more heropes 3? the main villian refers to hismelf as a God damn super hero because "that is what people like these days".

No, they couldn't have gone for No More Heroes 3, because that's not how trademarks work.
Serious_Cat
09/29/2024
06:06 PM
#24
Tyranthraxus posted...
How the fuck do two different companies own a trademark to the same fucking thing?
They filed together to share the trademark, which should have been a clue to whoever approved it that it had become a generic term and shouldn't have been approved in the first place.
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orcus_snake
09/30/2024
11:37 AM
#25
rick_alverado posted...
No, they couldn't have gone for No More Heroes 3, because that's not how trademarks work.

From what I gathered in this topics that is how they worked, but before this topic I already thought that such a term woudl hardly be any issue.
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rick_alverado
09/30/2024
11:42 AM
#26
orcus_snake posted...
From what I gathered in this topics that is how they worked, but before this topic I already thought that such a term woudl hardly be any issue.

Trademarks are about usage for things that identify the product like titles and logos, not for things within the product like dialogue.
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