Another Olympian Lines Up At The Trademark Office: Ryan Lochte Files Trademark App For 'Jeah'
from the i-don't-want-to-live-in-this-IP-regime-anymore dept
Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has decided that a word like "Jeah" is better off attached to "swim goggles, sunglasses, workout videos, gift cards, jewelry, mugs, etc." rather than being allowed to peacefully live out its brief existence as something that will never, ever make us forget the actual comic genius that was Sean Penn's portrayal of Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.Here's video almost explaining what "Jeah" means.
je•ah (Adjective)
1. Everything or almost everything
2. Happy
3. (To have a) good swim
4. Good
5. Good
[Possibly quite definitely derived from exclamation ("Chea!") popularized by recording artist Jay Wayne Jenkins ("Young Jeezy").]
Linsanity. Fear the Brow. Clown question, bro. Fierce five. Jeah. All coming soon to an article of clothing hopefully nowhere near you.
Here's the trademark application in all its four-letter glory.
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Not for all possible uses of something, and the people asking for it should have to prove that they are deriving income from it, otherwise they should vacate that trademark and let others make better use of it.
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If they either never learned the difference, or simply don't care about the difference between people pointing and laughing, and people pointing and cheering, they could be pulling stunts like this just to get some attention, sad as that would be.
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dated Dec 29, 2006
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Jeah or Chia
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Trademarks for athletes
They seem to have franchised now. Fits in with the actions of the IOC, doesn't it? Trickledown IP, anyone?
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Jeah Bouy.
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