Shocking News: Reddit has trademarks for forum names like "Explain Like I'm Five" registered on USPTO.
Shocking News: Reddit has trademarks for forum names like "Explain Like I'm Five" registered on USPTO.
I thought stuff like "Explain Like I'm Five" and "AMA" was proprietary to the community, or at least the Reddit community, not Reddit as a company.
I checked and I found at least those subreddit forum names were registered as trademarks.
- TODAY I LEARNED (TIL)
- SHOWERTHOUGHTS
- EXPLAIN LIKE I'M FIVE
- NOSLEEP
- AM I THE ASSHOLE?
- IAMA
- RPAN (actual subreddit name is R/PAN but they messed up the word mark for the registration I think.)
- ASK REDDIT (makes sense since this includes Reddit's name.)
- NATURE IS FUCKING LIT (I thought you couldn't register word marks with swearing but I guess I'm wrong. Must be only for offensive terms then...)
- ASK ME ANYTHING (yes somehow this "generic term" is a trademark now...")
- AMA
- ELI5
Also they have some trademark registration applications for WALLSTREETBETS that have not been finalized yet.
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Oh yea, I remember that site. You guys still getting emotional over it? Give it a clean break. The shit's poison. I know I shouldn't talk about an ex because people often get back together, but you can do it.
This is in a community specifically on the subject of Reddit.
Lol, my bad. I should have looked at that. No wonder there's no humor on what I said.
Well, you can block this community now. It's the reason why !enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world and others exist, to offload posts on annoyingly frequently discussed topics from general communities like !technology@lemmy.world.
Good idea, thanks man
I getcha.
Gotta say - regardless of which community we’re on, this informative post raises valid and interesting questions about important laws in the United States.