• French retailer wants to trademark the Anonymous logo and slogan.
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[quote] A French company called Early Flicker is trying to trademark the logo and slogan of the loosely associated hacktivist group Anonymous. In a trademark filing from earlier this year, a person called Apollinaire Auffret from Early Flicker applied to the Institut National De La Propriété Industrielle (INPI) to protect the logo, which features a headless suited man, standing before a globe and flanked by a wreath. The same company has also applied to protect the accompanying slogan: "Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us." The company has registered the trademark for a range of different product categories, including clothing, handbags and accessories and cooking and cleaning utensils. You can check out some of Early Flicker's quality range on eBay, which includes audio accessories, t-shirts, iPhone covers and other such tat. The company is already selling Anonymous-branded clothing. Given that Anonymous generally fights against stringently-applied intellectual property law, large corporations and supports an open and free internet, it seems like a strange move to try and trademark the loosely associated hacktivist group's logo. Or perhaps it's a bit of epic trolling? Or a bid to get more traffic to the company's online store?[/quote] [URL]http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/31/trademark-anonymous-logo[/URL] Anonymous made a video in response: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuq9bBiRELA[/media]
This is gonna either end really hilarious or REALLY badly for one of the parties involved.
I can see this turning out really well for them!
Masochists?
I have a hard time imagining why a company would want "Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us." as slogan.
I'm starting to get pretty pissed off at the intense internet culture commercialization that's been going on for about two years now.
[QUOTE=horsedrowner;37019831]I have a hard time imagining why a company would want "Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us." as slogan.[/QUOTE] Because Linus Torvalds initially refused to trademark Linux, William R. Della Croce, Jr. registered a trademark for Linux, being only marginally connected to the product. He then proceeded to sue Linux developers and distributors for using his trademark. This continued until Linux Torvalds sued his ass. In short: dosh for shit they don't deserve.
LOLZ XD WE IZ ANNOYMOOSE WE DUNT FROGAVE XDXDXD WE R LEEGUN
Added the response video Anonymous made to the OP.
I smell a shitstorm coming.
[QUOTE=KILLTHIS;37019967]I smell a shitstorm coming.[/QUOTE] Don't mess with Anonymous. Especially when school is out and they're all bored at summer camp and church they don't like going to but mummy always insists.
Another idea that is terrible for a plethora of reasons.
Well, that's not going to work very well
[QUOTE=Aphtonites;37019881]I'm starting to get pretty pissed off at the intense internet culture commercialization that's been going on for about two years now.[/QUOTE] Remember when Moutain Dew made a Chuck Norris commercial [b]two years[/b] after the jokes got popular for a week? This is way worse
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;37019987]Don't mess with Anonymous. Especially when school is out and they're all bored at summer camp and church they don't like going to but mummy always insists.[/QUOTE] The whole point of annoymous is that absolutely anyone can be part of it. Sure, there are your typical 12 year old script kiddies, but they also do have some legitimate hackers and the like who are professionals.
we no u r anonnymus and jheeze ur not hard mate take of the marsk to show us ur urgly mug ur powerless and pafetic so fook of [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Gimmick." - Pascall))[/highlight]
I can't take their videos seriously with the dumb effects. And that ending animation was like an intro to a COD montage for fucks sake.
[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;37020036]The whole point of [B]jumping humans[/B] is that absolutely anyone can be part of it. Sure, there are your typical hyperactive or just out there playing kids, but they also do have some legitimate sportsmen and women and the like who are professionals.[/QUOTE]
"Anonymous" is gay as fuck. Woot you can upload youtube videos.
I believe they used a trademark slogan at the end of that video...
Damn why did they had to add all these ~edge~ filters to the video with their cinematic intro and outro
Wait anonymous clothing? That makes absolutely no sense, whatsoever.
[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;37020036]The whole point of annoymous is that absolutely anyone can be part of it. Sure, there are your typical 12 year old script kiddies, but they also do have some legitimate hackers and the like who are professionals.[/QUOTE] Of course, they've got some genuinely scary people there.
The good new about this is if you're wearing an anon shirt you're not actually a part of anon why would you ever wear a shirt advertising a group that's members are hidden from the public
I've always looked up to Anonymous (Some of their members are very good at hacking and the like), but these filters and effects....
[QUOTE=RichyZ;37020676]why do people still confuse anon for a solid group that has defined members and goals it doesn't[/QUOTE] It's always funny when some news story goes and interviews a "high-ranking member" or "spokesperson"
honestly i'm all for it if the ANON IS LEEJUN mentality dies off because they can't use their cool motto anymore
Really getting tired of "Anonymous", it's not a huge organization or a huge group of hackers, it's some gay ass teenagers who know how to use LOIC, then just DDOS sites which make them ass frustrated.
[QUOTE=mr apple;37020924]Really getting tired of "Anonymous", it's not a huge organization or a huge group of hackers, it's some gay ass teenagers who know how to use LOIC, then just DDOS sites which make them ass frustrated.[/QUOTE] that's where you're wrong, sure there are a lot of skids and morons in there, but sometimes they do things that require more knowledge than that (Monday mail mayhem anyone)
How can they copyright the logo when the creator has intellectual property right on it?
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