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Can You Trademark A Hashtag?

Kashishipr

All ardent social media users are aware of the latest trend of using hashtags to spread the word across a wide range of users for bolstering consumer engagement. Therefore, the prime role of such hashtags needs to be assessed in line with the Trademark Law to deduce whether they qualify for trademark protection.

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Hashtag or Pound? One Law Firm’s Quest to Trademark #law

JD Supra Law

Is it “hashtag law,” as the PTO examiner suggested would be the most common understanding, or “pound law,” as alleged by the unsuccessful registrant of #law as a service mark. And to what does it refer: a hashtag for a social media topic, or a number that can be dialed from a mobile phone to reach an attorney referral service?

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Taco Tuesday: It’s a Tasty Cultural Phenomenon Not a Trademark

JD Supra Law

More and more, we see trademark applications being filed for cultural phenomena, viral sensations and catchy hashtags. We’ve covered this topic before. Do you remember #covfefe? By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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Kickstart Engagement on Social Media for Artists With These Tips

Art Law Journal

Other ways to add a more personal touch to optimize your social media profile : create a mini-series on Instagram Stories or Reels to showcase the lead-up to your next big showcase; discuss a relevant art world topic that you’re passionate about or simply highlight your latest piece of work and tell the story behind it. Now what? .

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Constituent Blocking on Twitter Is Censorship–Felts v. Vollmer

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Reed blocked Felts on the (seemingly pretextual) grounds that the “aldergeddon” hashtag threatened violence. City Government Can’t Remove Off-Topic Comments From Its Social Media Page–Kimsey v. STLBOA #aldergeddon2019 #WokeVoterSTL. Felts sued Reed for constitutional rights deprivation. Ziegenhorn.

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Twitter Can’t Quash a 512(h) Subpoena

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This leaves some evidentiary gaps in the fair use analysis: The tweets at issue consist of statements combined with Bayside’s photos along with hashtags that do not convey an obvious meaning. However, @CallMeMoneyBags no-showed, despite dubious attempts at service.

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Kim Dotcom Took on a Pro-Ukraine Meme Group & Got Utterly Shitposted

TorrentFreak

“I recommend a feature that allows targets of mass online vandalism to block every user who has ever posted under a vandalism hashtag like #NAFO,” Dotcom added in his Twitter outreach. Under the #NAFO hashtag US operatives direct their attack dogs against Twitter users who are critical about the US proxy war.