This is going to backfire. From the article: The devout Christian says his representatives filed on his behalf not for financial gain, but “to just control how it’s used, make sure it’s used in the right way.” Parody is protected speech, dude. All you’re going to do is prevent people who are *NOT* mocking you from doing it.
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This is everything that is wrong with trademarking.Report
The Tebow stakes are high.Report
The Tebows Stakes…is that where he outruns a field of thoroughbreds in the 1/4 mile carrying the cross of Jesus on his back?Report
Good to see yet another guy marketing himself as a simple, pious, and devout man walking the walk.Report
When someone comes out and says it’s not about the money… it’s about the money.Report
None of you guys better try “Glyphing”, my trademarked prayer pose where I stand on tiptoe, arms outstretched wide and head tilted to the side, almost as if I were pantomiming being attached by metal pins, hand and foot, to a perpendicular wooden frame – like, say, a large kite, for example.
Or yea verily, I will sue thine asses.
What’s next? “Crown of Thorns” beer hats, only $19.95! Don’t get stuck drinking vinegar from a sponge at YOUR next sporting event!Report
…somehow I’m now tempted to go snort some coke, rob an old lady & anal-bang two hookers, and then strike a Tebow pose.Report
Now? That’s so 2011.Report
He plays for the Jets…even a devout man might lose his faith doing so.Report
Tebow definitely has occult powers, as witness that today’s loss belongs to the whole team in every way imaginable, except that the play that sealed it was a Sanchez fumble. If Tim ever falls in love, you do not want to be the woman’s current boyfriend.Report
DISCOUNT DOUBLE CHECK!
Seriously, that is how you market “your move”…
great series of commercials.Report
IT’S NOT LIKE IT’S THE ICKEY SHUFFLEReport
Today I saw players doing the “Gagnam Style” dance.
Which reminds me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u9emjalsOsE.Report
The Internet never ceases to amaze me.Report
Parody is protected speech.
Putting “Tebowing” into video games and charging people five bucks a pop for the ability to do it is not.
Using “Tebowing” in advertisements and commercials is not.
And it’s been established, recently, that parody only extends to commentary on the original work in question, so long as that work is protected under IP law (Henley v. DeVore). Meaning that you can only parody Tebowing if you’re using it to mock Tebowing specifically, and not to send any other message, and not incidentally to another message.Report
I agree, the fault lies entirely in our contemptible IP scheme where some dweeb at USPTO stamps a trademark on an application for trademark of a gesture instead of rejecting it out of hand.Report
I looked at the picture of Mr Tebow on the link and he is on one knee touching his face. I don’t think he invented that, or did he? Maybe Fra Paulino da Pistola was copying a man who wouldn’t be born for a few centuries after his death.Report