Yahoo Serious Fights Yahoo! trademark 350
fsck writes "Australian actor Yahoo Serious is fighting Internet portal Yahoo! for the trademark to the word Yahoo, registered with the Australian Trade Marks Office in August. Yahoo! was founded in 1994, whereas Yahoo Serious changed his name by deed poll in 1980. It sounds as though Mr Serious is, among other things, tired of receiving any more misdirected Yahoo! snail mail." The levels of comedy to this are astounding.
Does he... (Score:0, Funny)
sesame street... (Score:4, Funny)
Abott and Costello, forgive me. (Score:5, Funny)
C: Oh yeah, well you better have a really good name for it. Something to stick in people heads.
A: Oh I do, I'm really excited about it.
C: What is it?
A: Yahoo!
C: So you're excited, so what's the name.
A: No, that's the name.
C: What's the name?
A: Yahoo!
C: I can't tell it's exciting, what's the name!
A: I just told you the name.
C: Why can't you just tell me the name.
A: Yahoo!
C: You can't be serious.
A: I'm not, that's someone else.
C: That's not what I'm asking!
apology (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Two different trademarks? (Score:4, Funny)
the words "Yahho Serious" and "genius" shoud never be uttered in the same sentance.
John Boy (Score:2, Funny)
Make the punishment fit the crime. (Score:2, Funny)
Given the dot bomb economy.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:whatever (Score:2, Funny)
Speaking of Microsoft, there should be a class action lawsuit by everyone named "Bob" against Microsoft, for trying to appropriate the name, and throw in a defamation suit, too.
Oh dear so 'Serious' might be trademarked ? (Score:4, Funny)
I don't want to play as 'Slightly Serious Sam' or 'Mostly Harmless Sam'
Dammit I wanna be Serious Sam and I want some serious fragging now.....
I just hate... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:apology (Score:2, Funny)
And in reciprocation, we Americans would like to apologize for Carrot Top.
Well, actually not so much apologize as fire him from a cannon into a low earth orbit without a space suit.
Re:is this for real? (Score:3, Funny)
Nope, just a Yahoo.
Lisa Simpson said it all (Score:3, Funny)
Lisa Simpson: "I know those words, but that sentance makes no sense to me!"
hm... (Score:1, Funny)
Thus marking the only time anything involvign Yahoo Serious was every considered funny.
listed on www.yahoo.com (Score:2, Funny)
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Actors_and_Act
In other words, "I need money". Just because he was outdated when long before the internet got cool.