NFL punts in “Big game”

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The NFL is a lot of things, but I never thought it was stupid. It turns out that it isn’t. The Sports Blognfl.jpg reports:

Remember that stupid effort by the NFL to trademark the phrase “Big Game,” even though everyone knows the phrase has, for more than a century, been used referring to the Cal-Stanford rivalry?

Well, the NFL has dropped its bid.

Smart.

UPDATE:  “Repeat after me: TRADEMARKS ARE NOT “WORD PATENTS”

Originally posted 2014-11-17 17:55:38. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION blog author Ron Coleman is a member of Dhillon Law Group in their New York City and Montclair, New Jersey offices. He is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law and Princeton University.

3 Replies to “NFL punts in “Big game””

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  2. On this side of the Mississippi (East) the Big Game is uniformly known as the Ohio State v. Michigan game. Never knew of a Cal-Stanford rivalry and I make sure to get a healthy dose of ESPN on a semi-regular basis

  3. “Trademarks are not word patents”. Well said. I like the sound of that. If they were, the value of the word patent that you created would be quite high indeed.

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