When I first saw this case, the first thing that popped into my head was "they issued a registration for fair and balanced???".
The USPTO (patent and trademark office) is one agency. As we are all experinecing now, the patent office lets lots of slimy wormshit slide thru, and you can see, so does the trademark side of the office.
I have brought action to have two trademarks successfully revoked, it is really not that hard. The second one was the most enjoyable because the guy who owned the trademark was a dick.
What would be REALLY funny now is if MSNBC, or CNN, or another news agency brought action to have the fair and balanced trademark revoked and then use it daily, several times daily. It is a VERY weak trademark and the judge already opened the door for them.
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