“Tall ships” is a trademarked term, and you’d better not use it to promote any old historic maritime event [Likelihood of Confusion]
“Tall ships” is a trademarked term, and you’d better not use it to promote any old historic maritime event [Likelihood of Confusion]
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I Must Go Down to the Sea
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.
Which was published in 1902.
This is completely insane. I don’t do trademark work but I just cannot understand the benefit of allowing trademarks for so many things that get trademarks. This is, of course, a classic example.