{"id":19976,"date":"2015-12-31T09:28:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T14:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=19976"},"modified":"2021-05-04T18:32:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T22:32:31","slug":"jeb-bushs-trademark-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=19976","title":{"rendered":"Jeb! Bush&#8217;s trademark abandoned?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all and Happy New Years Eve! Tomorrow will be the first day of 2016 and that means the campaigns get serious. However, one campaign seems to be having a few problems. Yes, that would be the Jeb! Bush campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jeb-obama-bush.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18681\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18681\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jeb-obama-bush-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"Jeb obama bush\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jeb-obama-bush.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jeb-obama-bush.jpg?resize=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jeb-obama-bush.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It seems that Governor Jeb! \u201cI have $100 million in the bank\u201d Bush applied for a trademark on his tag line, \u201cJeb!\u201d but now it seems he&#8217;s abandoned the trademark. Here are a few details from <a href=\"http:\/\/theweek.com\/speedreads\/595908\/jeb-bush-loses-copyright-jeb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Week<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>According <a href=\"http:\/\/m.motherjones.com\/politics\/2015\/12\/jeb-abandons-jeb-exclamation-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to <\/a><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/m.motherjones.com\/politics\/2015\/12\/jeb-abandons-jeb-exclamation-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><b>Mother Jones<\/b><\/em><\/a><b>, Bush trademarked &#8220;Jeb!&#8221; last winter under the name of BHAG LLC. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office accepted the submission for the trademark, and asked for more information, as they are wont to do: <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>But according to that office, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180121031839\/http:\/\/tsdr.uspto.gov:80\/documentviewer?caseId=sn86505773&amp;docId=NOA20151109225206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on November 9, Bush&#8217;s application was officially abandoned<\/a>. Technically, Bush has until January 9 to restart the process, but for now the name is un-trademarked and open for anyone else to try to grab.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Now why would anyone want to trademark \u201cJeb!\u201d is beyond me. It&#8217;s not like the name is going to be useful for much longer. Still, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/m.motherjones.com\/politics\/2015\/12\/jeb-abandons-jeb-exclamation-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mother Jones<\/a> the Bush <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><i>Fiasco<\/i><\/span> Campaign planned on using the trademark to stamp \u201cJeb!\u201d on the usual election swag we see every four years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Bush wanted the name reserved for use on leather key chains, stadium cushions, stemware, stuffed toys, hair bands, and other cool stuff. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cool stuff? Well, for die hard RINO&#8217;s and members of the Bush family, maybe. For everyone else, not so much. So what happened with his trademark application?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>In April, the USPTO asked BHAG to provide, within six months, written consent from Bush himself to use his name. Bush never responded. So the USPTO issued an abandonment notice regarding the trademark request. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8876\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8876\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm-300x240.jpg?resize=300%2C240\" alt=\"double-facepalm\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm.jpg?resize=150%2C120&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm.jpg?resize=400%2C320&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/double-facepalm.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bush couldn&#8217;t be bothered to sign a consent form? I guess Trump was right about Bush being \u201cLow Energy.\u201d Trump, on the other hand, did take care of his trademark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>But Bush&#8217;s chief antagonist, Donald Trump, did find the time to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180121031844\/http:\/\/tsdr.uspto.gov:80\/documentviewer?caseId=sn86817223&amp;docId=OOA20151214141056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">re-up his hold on &#8220;Trump,&#8221;<\/a> and he added a trademark claim to cover the use of his name for books on how to succeed in business <em>and<\/em> politics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bush has been using his experience as Governor of Florida to show why he should be president. If he couldn&#8217;t even take the 2 minutes to sign consent form for his Trademark, a form that one of his overpaid staffers should have had ready the moment he put in the trademark application, then I would question his alleged competence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Macaque-Selfie.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19152\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Macaque-Selfie-264x300.jpg?resize=264%2C300\" alt=\"Macaque-Selfie\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Macaque-Selfie.jpg?resize=264%2C300&amp;ssl=1 264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Macaque-Selfie.jpg?resize=500%2C569&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Macaque-Selfie.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for Trump? Well, he is a businessman who understands that the \u201cDevil is in the details\u201d and knows that it&#8217;s the little things like this that can sink a deal. And just so you know, I still haven&#8217;t decided for or against Trump. I am enjoying the show however.<\/p>\n<p>Thatisall<\/p>\n<p><i><b>~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>[yasr_visitor_votes size=&#8221;medium&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all and Happy New Years Eve! Tomorrow will be the first day of 2016 and that means the campaigns get serious. However, one campaign seems to be having a few problems. Yes, that would be the Jeb! Bush campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=19976\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[135,71,8,151,115],"tags":[15,8,151,110,34],"class_list":["post-19976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-desserts","category-news-of-the-day","category-politics","category-rino","category-stupidity-crime","tag-incompetence","tag-politics","tag-rino","tag-scoamf","tag-stupidity"],"views":626,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20318,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=20318","url_meta":{"origin":19976,"position":0},"title":"How pathetic is Jeb! 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That would be sinking rapidly with heavy loss of Campaign Donations. This is not the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News of the Day&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News of the Day","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?cat=71"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jeb obama bush","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jeb-obama-bush-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19811,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=19811","url_meta":{"origin":19976,"position":2},"title":"Jeb Bush dons Tinfoil hat","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"December 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. With the recent issues with Islamic terrorism, and Il Douche's response to it, (Or lack there of), we've been letting our bashing of Jeb Bush slide a bit. It's time to correct that error. Jeb Bush, or as I prefer to call him, Juan! 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