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10-20-2012, 10:38 AM | |
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Tebow trademarks kneeling on one knee and fake praying
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jets-te...7810--nfl.html
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Dropping to a knee like Tim Tebow might cost you now. The New York Jets backup quarterback is trademarking ''Tebowing,'' the move in which he goes down on one knee and holds a clenched fist against his forehead while praying during games. After Tebow led the Denver Broncos to a handful of fourth-quarter comeback victories last season, ''Tebowing'' swept the country - with actor Robert Downey Jr. even doing it at the Oscars. Newsday first reported that the trademark was approved Oct. 9. Tebow says Friday he wasn't aware the trademark was official yet. 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.'' |
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10-20-2012, 06:39 PM | #76 |
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So, no more of this?...
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10-20-2012, 06:45 PM | #77 |
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10-20-2012, 06:53 PM | #78 |
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I never saw anybody hating on Anthony Davis for filing a trademark application for his Unibrow and copyright apps for the phrases "fear the brow" and "raise the brow". (http://www.cnbc.com/id/47951613/Anth...marks_His_Brow)
I don't see anybody griping at Austin Rivers, Bart Scott, Jeremy Lin, Vince Young, or RGIII for trademarking their phrases. (http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fan...ng-commonplace) Here's an article by the World Intellectual Property Organization all about sports figures and their brand as it pertains to trademarks: http://www.wipo.int/ip-sport/en/branding.html This is nothing new fellas. You just don't like Tebow so you're crying about it. |
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10-20-2012, 06:55 PM | #79 |
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What a douche.
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10-20-2012, 06:55 PM | #81 |
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10-20-2012, 07:03 PM | #82 | |
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We know Tebow is an evangelical christian and proudly presents himself as such, which is partly how this whole thing started. His celebrity status and the public latching onto him so tightly caused this term and image to be directly associated with Tim Tebow. So then let's say some other church that Tebow does not attend and maybe even does not agree with for one reason or another decides to use the Tebow mark to attract people to their services or events, or even help to raise donations. The general public could very easily see that mark and feel like, oh, Tebow must support this and I love Tebow, so I'm going to donate. Now Tebow's mark is aiding something he doesn't support, and he could actually see backlash from his supporters who think he's now supporting something they don't like. We all know how social media works these days, and if confusion about what he was or was not supporting got out it could be damaging to Tebow and co. The trademark allows them to protect this type of thing happening. |
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Take a picture of yourself doing that and use it on your own stuff and you'll have no problem. Nobody would associate your image with Tebow, I'm sure. Also, somebody's personality has nothing to do with it, and once again you're proving ignorance if you think it does. All you're proving is that you don't like Tebow and you'll find anything you can to bitch at him about whether it makes any sense or not. |
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10-20-2012, 07:08 PM | #84 |
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Or...
He could get paid and they can use it if he wants. Posted via Mobile Device |
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10-20-2012, 07:10 PM | #85 | |
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10-20-2012, 07:10 PM | #86 |
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I don't hate tebow.I could care less about him. Its the fact he can get paid and you are here arguing its not about money.
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10-20-2012, 07:12 PM | #87 |
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Its a money grab.
Even if he donated it to his foundation he earned it and its a tax write of. Posted via Mobile Device |
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10-20-2012, 07:15 PM | #88 |
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I don't know much about tax law either, but it sounds like if he's looking for a tax deduction, getting a bunch of royalties for use of trademark is a bad way of doing it considering it would count as income.
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10-20-2012, 07:15 PM | #89 | |
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A patent is what allows people to earn royalties on the use of the patented mark, product, service or whatever. Trademarks are about protection...not profit. For your sake, I really hope you don't run your own business. Even if it was for money, why would you care so much about that? People are doing MUCH more sleezy shit in this country every day to earn more money than Tebow dreams about. It's nothing but a smart business decision...which he didn't even make. His people did. |
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