Tarzan's Yell Denied Trademark

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Tarzan's Yell Denied Trademark

10-31-2007, 11:06 AM,

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Tarzan's Yell Denied Trademark

Quote:Tarzan's distinctive yell cannot be registered as a trademark because it is almost impossible to represent graphically. Sounds can be registered as trademarks, but the ruling (pdf) could limit that to sounds that can be written in standard musical notation.

Tarzan was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and the application to register as a trademark the sound of the jungle resident's scream was made by Edgar Rice Burroughs Incorporated. The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) refused the application on appeal...

full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/31/...rade_mark/

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