Allahabad High Court: Husband's Liability under the Domestic Violence Act Continues Despite Divorce  ||  Bombay HC: Municipal Council Must Pay for Land Used as DP Road Despite Fund Shortage  ||  Uttarakhand HC: Previous Service Pay Protection Does Not Confer Right to Career Progression Benefits  ||  Supreme Court Revives POCSO Case Against Headmistress, Says Verifying Abuse Claims is No Excuse  ||  SC: Voluminous Documents are No Excuse For Their Delayed Production under Commercial Courts Act  ||  Supreme Court Orders Merged Bank's Eviction For Transferring Tenancy Without Landlord's Consent  ||  SC: Oraon Tribe Custom Doesn't Allow Uncle-In-Law to Adopt Niece's Husband as Ghar Damad  ||  Kerala HC Approves New Public Prosecutor Appointment Guidelines After a Minor Revision  ||  Rajasthan HC Clarifies Criminal Writ Petitions Have No Separate Constitutional Status  ||  Delhi HC Clarifies if Whatsapp Acknowledgment Can Make an Arbitral Award Binding    

Sony Computer Entertainment America’s ‘Let’s play’ application - (25 Jan 2016)

Let’s not play, Sony

Intellectual Property Rights

The United States Patent and Trademark Office put to bed Sony’s application to register a trade mark in the prhase ‘Let’s Play’. Previously rejected for being similar to an already registered mark, ‘Let’z Play’, and being found a term commonly used in gaming, not to mention part of everyday diction, the USPTO also determined it to be “merely descriptive”. It noted that the mark merely described characteristics and features of Sony’s video game streaming services which enabled streaming videos from actual gameplay with accompanying user commentary, screenshots and video clips, a genre that has seen surging growth in recent years.

Tags : SONY   PLAYSTATION   LETS PLAY   TRADE MARK   US  

Share :        

Disclaimer | Copyright 2026 - All Rights Reserved