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‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ was a poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of the Second World War, intended to raise the morale of the British public in the event of invasion.
You can’t own a saying so powerful. What’s next, a Yank trying to trademark the ‘Four-score’ speech or M.L.King’s ‘I have a dream’!?
hellodavis:
Trademarked!In August 2011 it was reported that a UK based company Keep Calm and Carry On Ltd had registered the slogan as a Community trade mark[11] and issued a take-down request against a seller of Keep Calm and Carry On products.[12] Questions have been raised whether the registration could be challenged as the slogan had been widely used before registration and is not recognisable as indicating trade origin.[13] An application has been submitted to cancel the trademark on the grounds that the words are too widely used for one person to own the exclusive rights.[14] The company is now trying to trademark globally in the United States [15] and Canada [16].From Wikipedia](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt1s3t213n1r20myeo1_1280.png)
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‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ was a poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of the Second World War, intended to raise the morale of the British public in the event of invasion.
You can’t own a saying so powerful. What’s next, a Yank trying to trademark the ‘Four-score’ speech or M.L.King’s ‘I have a dream’!?
Trademarked!
In August 2011 it was reported that a UK based company Keep Calm and Carry On Ltd had registered the slogan as a Community trade mark[11] and issued a take-down request against a seller of Keep Calm and Carry On products.[12] Questions have been raised whether the registration could be challenged as the slogan had been widely used before registration and is not recognisable as indicating trade origin.[13] An application has been submitted to cancel the trademark on the grounds that the words are too widely used for one person to own the exclusive rights.[14] The company is now trying to trademark globally in the United States [15] and Canada [16].
From Wikipedia
Source: hellodavis
