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umbraroze , to Reddit in Shocking News: Reddit has trademarks for forum names like "Explain Like I'm Five" registered on USPTO.

Wait.

The applications for "NOSLEEP" and "R/NOSLEEP" were filed by Reddit Inc in... August 3, 2018?

And "THE NO SLEEP PODCAST" by Creative Reason Media (the actual publishers of the podcast) was filed in August 5, 2016, but... got dismissed or abandoned?

...What?

NutWrench , to Reddit in Shocking News: Reddit has trademarks for forum names like "Explain Like I'm Five" registered on USPTO.
@NutWrench@lemmy.world avatar

Imagine the balls it takes to take user-created forum names and register them as trademarks.

HawlSera , to Reddit in Shocking News: Reddit has trademarks for forum names like "Explain Like I'm Five" registered on USPTO.

....Isn't.... "Explain Like I'm Five" an Office reference first?

themeatbridge ,

None of these would stand up to scrutiny in court.

Rhaedas , to Reddit in Shocking News: Reddit has trademarks for forum names like "Explain Like I'm Five" registered on USPTO.

AM I THE ASSHOLE?

Yes.

KevinCostner , to Reddit in Shocking News: Reddit has trademarks for forum names like "Explain Like I'm Five" registered on USPTO.

"You made this?"

"I made this."

Crampon , to Reddit in Shocking News: Reddit has trademarks for forum names like "Explain Like I'm Five" registered on USPTO.

Did Spez trademark "im just a little shit pig" too?

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