Hey Lawyers (and others)

[y4m]

Can the nest get pissy about us using the same name here?

And if so (or not), please discuss what MM should be called instead.

[Deleted]

who the fuck cares?
(hehe)

um, I slept during IP in law school, so you'll need to ask someone else.

[Beeps (WOT?*)]

I think if we're not committing libel or slander it's all good. Let 'em sue. TRUTH AS A DEFENSE!!! (lol. Don't mind me. I'm not a lawyer. I'm an "and others" that's married to one and worked with too many others.)

[Deleted]

well money does matter, I doubt they have trademarked it

[Deleted]

I was curious if this was going to be an issue...

[Deleted]

So it looks like 71 people have trademarked the phrase Money Matters:

tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4008%3Ai3b9v2.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=money+matters&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA2%24COMB&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query&a_search=Submit+Query

How does that work exactly? You can just willy nilly hand out trademarks to more than one person for the same words?

[y4m]

May 10, 2012 15:09:20 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

May 10, 2012 14:48:27 GMT -5 y4m said:

Can the nest get pissy about us using the same name here?

And if so (or not), please discuss what MM should be called instead.

I thought you were a lawyer for some reason. Not that all lawyers know about this - I don't.

Husband is a lawyer. Paging lawyers is just something MMers do though Trying to make it feel homey around here.

[birdgirl]

If money matters isn't descriptive or generic for a money message board, I don't know what is.*

*Not legal advice. The real answer is "maybe.". Every lawyer's favorite word.

[birdgirl]

May 10, 2012 14:55:24 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

well money does matter, I doubt they have trademarked it

Without being a total dork, rights confer from use. You don't need a registration for rights.

[EllieArroway]

If we do change the name, I think we should stick with the alliteration so it can still be MM.

[Deleted]

It doesn't matter if The Nest gets pissy or not.

What are they going to do? Ask us to change it?

Then we change it then.

[dr.girlfriend]

Monetary Matters?

[y4m]

Money Matter$

[DarcyLongfellow]

I doubt it will be an issue. When my lazy ass just googles "money matters" instead of "money matters nest" (when I'm on someone else's computer), the Nest board isn't even on the first page of results.