tl;dr Crowder is threatening to sue CNN, Jubilee and Talarico for using the phrase āChange My Mindā, which he argues is āour trademarked brand, logo and formatā.
I find it hard to believe that he owns or can own that trademark personally.
Sadly, he does seem to have gotten it trademarked. That LLC owns a āMug Clubā which I presume is Crowderās.
How this was trademarked, I have no idea, but if itās used satirically (as in thrown back in his face) I donāt see how a lawsuit prevails - generally this is only merited if CNN started using it directly for a personality on their network or a show name, etc.
Thatās insane. Itās just a basic concept of debate. An extremely generic phrase. Itās like trademarking āhahaā. I suspect it will be tested more thoroughly in court than at the trademark office.
I donāt see how it prevails regardless. Itās generic when used for a debate, no reasonable consumer would assume it was a brand indicator at all, and even if they did no reasonable consumer would assume this debate was signed off on by him.
tl;dr Crowder is threatening to sue CNN, Jubilee and Talarico for using the phrase āChange My Mindā, which he argues is āour trademarked brand, logo and formatā.
I find it hard to believe that he owns or can own that trademark personally.
Sadly, he does seem to have gotten it trademarked. That LLC owns a āMug Clubā which I presume is Crowderās.
How this was trademarked, I have no idea, but if itās used satirically (as in thrown back in his face) I donāt see how a lawsuit prevails - generally this is only merited if CNN started using it directly for a personality on their network or a show name, etc.
Thatās insane. Itās just a basic concept of debate. An extremely generic phrase. Itās like trademarking āhahaā. I suspect it will be tested more thoroughly in court than at the trademark office.
They should push to overturn it.
I donāt see how it prevails regardless. Itās generic when used for a debate, no reasonable consumer would assume it was a brand indicator at all, and even if they did no reasonable consumer would assume this debate was signed off on by him.
Seeing how itās a whole-ass meme format for years now and nobody has been worried about it until now, I doubt that will stand in court.
I better hurry up and trademark the. The. Thatās it. Its mine. You know what, im trademarking mine also. Mine is mine now.
To quote Starlord āthatās not a unique thing to sayā