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[–] 53 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

tl;dr Crowder is threatening to sue CNN, Jubilee and Talarico for using the phrase "Change My Mind", which he argues is "our trademarked brand, logo and format".

I find it hard to believe that he owns or can own that trademark personally.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    change my mind

    Sadly, he does seem to have gotten it trademarked. That LLC owns a "Mug Club" which I presume is Crowder's.

    How this was trademarked, I have no idea, but if it's used satirically (as in thrown back in his face) I don't see how a lawsuit prevails - generally this is only merited if CNN started using it directly for a personality on their network or a show name, etc.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago

    That's insane. It's just a basic concept of debate. An extremely generic phrase. It's like trademarking "haha". I suspect it will be tested more thoroughly in court than at the trademark office.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    I don't see how it prevails regardless. It's generic when used for a debate, no reasonable consumer would assume it was a brand indicator at all, and even if they did no reasonable consumer would assume this debate was signed off on by him.

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