trademark

Earlier this year, Mariah Carey’s legal team filed a trademark request for the phrase Queen of Christmas that was both expansive and not limited to products typically associated with the holiday.

Here are some of the dozens of goods and services covered in the filing:

For years, video game development has been one of the fastest growing sectors of the entertainment industry — and it’s safe to say that the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t slowed that down. On the contrary, according to Newzoo’s assessment from October 2020, the global games market for 2020 will have generated revenues of USD 174.9 billion, a 19.6 percent increase on 2019 figures. Significantly, this late 2020 assessment is USD15 billion higher than the one made ahead of the pandemic in March.

Have you been asked to stop using a branded or trademarked hashtag? Can you be liable when using a branded (and perhaps trademarked) hashtag on social media? Think about it; isn't this against everything social media stands for?

It All Started With a Hashtag Cease Command

A recent post in our Social Media Managers Facebook group read:

I was just told to delete a tweet we sent using (#)WorldCup because “that hashtag is considered copyrighted material and only FIFA is allowed to use it.”

Say what? So many questions!