Monday, November 16, 2009

You're Just a Tool of the Man

Via M. Bouffant, an article::
Marvel once owned the rights to the word zombie. As improbable as it sounds, Marvel attempted to trademark the word zombie in comic book titles after publishing Tale of the Zombie in 1973. By the time the trademark was approved two years later, the series was coming to an end. Marvel lost the trademark in 1996 but it wasn't long before it was once again trademarking the armies of the undead, registering the words Marvel Zombies to protect its comic series of the same name. With DC, Marvel also trademarked the phrase 'Super Hero'.
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19 comments:

  1. zombie rotten mcdonaldNovember 16, 2009 at 9:22 AM

    I'm a rebel, Dottie.

    Muck Farvel.

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  2. mikeyNovember 16, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    I'm thinking I should Trademark the term "Asshole". That way, every time somebody called me that I'd get a royalty payment. Seems like a fair tradeoff to me...

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  3. herr doktor bimlerNovember 16, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    I've been waiting for Mr McGravitas to find some character from the Marvel universe with similar powers to the robotic rectum case from the earlier thread.

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  4. herr doktor bimlerNovember 16, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    ... If Marvel want to introduce such a character, best they do so before mikey copyrights the name.

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  5. Substance McGravitasNovember 16, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    The Whizzer turned out to be less exciting than I thought.

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  6. J—November 16, 2009 at 11:38 AM

    I'm of a mind to copyright Your Mother so that when Dragon-King Wangchuck does her, I get a little something, something.

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  7. Substance McGravitasNovember 16, 2009 at 12:10 PM

    I've been waiting for Mr McGravitas to find some character from the Marvel universe with similar powers to the robotic rectum case from the earlier thread.

    Turdchucken?

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  8. tigrisNovember 16, 2009 at 12:25 PM

    Super Pooper? Craptain America? Night Soiler?

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  9. Substance McGravitasNovember 16, 2009 at 12:28 PM

    The Brown Bomber.

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  10. herr doktor bimlerNovember 16, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    Iron Fistula.

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  11. herr doktor bimlerNovember 16, 2009 at 12:44 PM

    You people are objectively pro lapse.

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  12. Substance McGravitasNovember 16, 2009 at 12:58 PM

    Shadowscat.

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  13. herr doktor bimlerNovember 16, 2009 at 1:20 PM

    Speaking of which, fish has some explaining to do.

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  14. herr doktor bimlerNovember 16, 2009 at 2:22 PM

    The Whizzer turned out to be less exciting than I thought.

    Not a tool of the Man, but the Man of the Tool!

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  15. M. BouffantNovember 16, 2009 at 2:42 PM

    Inspiration: The White Whizzer.

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  16. Substance McGravitasNovember 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM

    Men Fear THE CRAPPIE!

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  17. mikeyNovember 16, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    Waiter? WAITER!

    I'm sorry, young man, but I am NOT paying for this meal. Not one thin dime. Wrong? What's wrong, you ask? The fish was Crappie!!

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  18. Substance McGravitasNovember 16, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    The Grim Pooper.

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  19. fishNovember 17, 2009 at 6:26 AM

    Speaking of which, fish has some explaining to do.

    Usually happens when I eat too many beets.

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