The reason for the trademark on Caylee's name

[debs]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

That is all.

 

[Seebra]

I think that if they sell those shirts, they need to donate the profits.

I think the site should be boycotted until they remove the disgusting "memorabilia" of an innocent child who was MURDERED by her own MOTHER!

 

[Betty Boop]

I think Zenaida F-G's name deserves every bit as much respect.

 

[sleutherontheside]

You know...I am not sure she hasn't. While searches are coming up empty for me I also realize that it is possible that she has done so by creating a shell entity to hold the copyright. We all know how unsavory characters bury their identity with ficticious names / DBA's and corp ownership umbrellas. I think this is what KC may have done. I recall Cindy mentioning TM the name Caylee Marie Anthony to avoid the same issue but it never went anywhere that we KNOW of for certain. I venture that any photo that KC took herself as well as any video was in the backpack and carefully logged as being owned by her. She couldn't copyright an image that someone else took in a photo or video but she could make sure all hers were covered. Additionally the photobucket account photos were taken down so fast and I think that it may be because she didn't want those out there. Remember the huge ordeal with Momtective downloading those videos????

 

[slug]

I can see what your saying but feel Kathy Reichs maybe shouldn't be included as she has been a best selling author for a number of years and often has a book out.

 

[sleutherontheside]

If KC had any plan to profit she best have acted early on. Once she is convicted, she would be unable to profit from anything pertaining to this case. That also goes for profits that are directed to legal expenses. It is, however, a very fine line as "son of sam" laws were specific to written word (books, print articles, movie deals with a script). Additionally it only covers profit from depiction of the crime for which they are convicted. So....what happens to profits from story of her life that led up to??? HmmmmmmI need to go refresh my memory on those laws to see if images are included. A while back we had a really good discussion about how the law has not caught up with technology and this is a perfect example of where there may be loopholes. I will get some info and post, but will start a new thread if discussion gets too detailed on that topic. BBS

Here is a brief link with reference to Fl statute. IMO there are some major loopholes that could come into play in KC's case.
http://cyberlaw.info/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=78

 

[cecybeans]

IIRC, Sean Krause originally corresponded with CA, and advised her to copyright Caylee Marie Anthony, as there was some incident where mugs with her picture were being sold by somebody to support an alleged drug habit.

I saw the emails and heard SK talk about it on a radio show before he died. He went public with all that (and some of it was in his LE interview) because he changed his mind about CA.

I'm not sure it ever happened, but I know it was a subject of discussion on several blogs last year after hearing about it. When we originally found out (independently of SK's admission), we were kind of appalled at the opportunism of creating a proprietary "brand" of a small deceased child (particularly since it involved generating revenue), but if it were done to prevent others from engaging in shady things, it's understandable.

 

[sleutherontheside]

Mom was already trying to register two names, the Caylee Marie Anthony Foundation AND the Caylee Marie Anthony Foundation, Inc.
The latter was rejected, but Cindy tried to register them on the exact same day. Now why would she need two?View attachment 6828

She wouldn't need two. BUT....She would have needed to register the other one as a ficticious name owned by the one that was registered. If the corp is doing business as another name they must register it as a ficticious name in order to use DBA. All financial records must be kept segregated to entity specific accounts unless you use a DBA for some business.

 

[sleutherontheside]

http://rightofpublicity.com/2009/02

Article by Johnathan Faber on this issue specific to KC.

 

[The World According]

http://rightofpublicity.com/2009/02

Article by Johnathan Faber on this issue specific to KC.

a snip from the article: "If the parent murdered the child, I have to assume a court would be able to construct an alternative basis for administration of the child’s right of publicity rather than putting it in the hands of the child’s murderer. In such instances, it would probably be determined by the laws of intestacy in that state. But for that to happen, someone would have to step forward (like the other parent, sibling, aunt or uncle) and pursue the appropriate action to effectuate the change sought, since it might not occur to the court that there is an intellectual property issue in the midst of the criminal aspects of the situation."

So , Lee for example could be given the rights if Casey didn't want mom and pop to have them, if, as and when she is found guilty and she by matter of law is not entitled to them? Very interesting. Perhaps Themis or AZ Lawyer can help us here. The idea of them living large on movie rights off this sweet baby's story is wholly offensive to me, after they have lied and obstructed justice and tried to blame Jesse, Amy , Ricardo and Mr. Kronk. Caylee deserves more dignity than these folks seem to have, imo.

Or..... if the real father of the baby stepped forward, he would be entitled to these rights. Is that correct? I still think it is JP,but I am of course just guessing. She looked just like him to me, Caylee that is.

Do we know if he has ever compared his DNA to the DNA that LE has the profile of for Caylee? I'd rather see anyone but Casey, mom or pop get the rights to little Caylee's image and or story.

 

[Georgia PI]

You have to remember that at this point it's all about the money as Casey can't profit directly, but anyone given permission to use this would create an indirect flow of money to someone and my guess would be Lee A.

That is why I think he has been so disassociated from all the issues and out of the media.

 

[Kentjbkent]

You have to remember that at this point it's all about the money as Casey can't profit directly, but anyone given permission to use this would create an indirect flow of money to someone and my guess would be Lee A.

That is why I think he has been so disassociated from all the issues and out of the media.

Georgia PI,

So I understand correctly, are you saying that Casey cannot directly profit from Caylee images, interviews, or the such as of today, while she is still completely innocent of all charges until trial?

I get the "after conviction" part, but what about the here and now?

 

[kaRN]

I get nothing but an error message stating the page can't be found. Good work WS D'ats why I luvs y'all.

 

[magic-cat]

Here is a link that shows the Trademarks on the patents and trademark registry:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/

Just in case anyone wants to discuss the patents more in depth, so we don't fuzz up some other thread. :seeya:

 

[magic-cat]

Here is no. 1
Justice for Caylee
Applied for May 17 by the Lippman law firm...

http://tess2.uspto.gov/

 

[magic-cat]

Here is no. 2
Caylee Anthony
http://tess2.uspto.gov/

 

[Melanie]

Wow, so the A's trademarked Caylee Anthony's name. That's sure to get Casey a bit miffed don't ya think?

I wonder what's going to happen now? Can G&C keep Caysey from using Caylee's name in a book or other "ventures" -- interviews, etc.? Wouldn't that be ironic!

Mel

Word Mark CAYLEE ANTHONY
Goods and Services IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: T-shirts
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 85322494
Filing Date May 17, 2011
Current Filing Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) Lippman Law Offices, P.A. CORPORATION FLORIDA [email protected] 255 South Orange Ave., #720 Orlando FLORIDA 32801
Attorney of Record Mark Lippman
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

 

[Deleted member 39678]

Here is no. 2
Caylee Anthony
http://tess2.uspto.gov/

Magic-Cat , all your posts are to the same search page. I don't think thats what you want.

 

[magic-cat]

Magic-Cat , all your posts are to the same search page. I don't think thats what you want.

Yeah that's it. It takes it 3 months to make it from there to the next level. You can search the serial no's under check TARR status as well. They are definitely there. I just shortened the input phrase to Caylee only so it would bring up everything they had with that term...

 

[magic-cat]

Justice forCaylee
Goods and Services
IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S: Stickers IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: T-shirts; Underwear IC 026. US 037 039 040 042 050. G & S: Buttons
Standard Characters ClaimedMark Drawing Code(4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARKSerial Number85322498Filing DateMay 17, 2011Current Filing Basis1BOriginal Filing Basis1BOwner(APPLICANT) Lippman Law Offices, P.A. CORPORATION FLORIDA www.llopa.com 255 South Orange Ave., #720 Orlando FLORIDA 32801Attorney of RecordMark LippmanType of MarkTRADEMARKRegisterPRINCIPALLive/Dead IndicatorLIVE