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That syllable is trademarked? D’oh!

Twentieth-Century Fox has a trademark for “the spoken word ‘D’oh'” (popularized by Homer Simpson’s annoyed grunts) though the docket indicates that they have not yet filed a statement of use; the USPTO kids’ page, however, indicates that that syllable, along with many other sounds, are trademarked.

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8 Comments

  • Hey, careful there, bud. Before you go mocking people’s intellectual property, let me warn you: I have a patent pending on the letter “e” …

  • What does Jimmy Finlayson‘s estate say about that?

  • I’m got the word Putz trademarked but there are so many applications I can’t keep them straight.

  • You can trademark a grunt now? That’s absurd. What next? Belching like Homer?

    That’s totally bogus, dude. I’m outta here. Eat my shorts.

    • By Erich

  • Griffin3 has the right idea. A doubtless expensive trial has just been concluded that awarded the carmaker BMW the rights to…
    the letter M.

    http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/20/bmw-beats-infiniti-in-battle-over-m/

    • By Peter

  • I guess I better get busy copywriting “The Flaming Moe” before Twentieth-Century Fox gets to it

    • By jimbo

  • Dough!

    • By Flemur

  • this is an outrage! We should ban together and fight this!
    Let’s get ready to rumble!!!

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    Oh, crap….sorry

    • By Steve-O