This just ain't right. Hopefully Porphy will be able to shut them down for this... Here is the link to it Alien Vapor Trademarks :: Justia Trademarks
Alien Vapor's trying to patent the Boba's Bounty name!
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Actually might be a good thing. They've called attention to themselves. Once it gets assigned to an Examiner, that person can be contacted and advised of the situation.
Applying and "approved" are very different things.
Applying and "approved" are very different things.
We still haven't heard any input from Porphy on this. Hope this along with him staying closed is not a sign of Boba's going away. 
This means nothing. Even if they somehow snaked in a registration of the name this does not mean it is settled. They need to be registered with the US Patent and Trademark office. This is only going to end up with them failing to secure Boba's as their intellectual property and be shown out as a fraudulent claim if AVE so wishes to pursue.
So, they are not trying to patent the name. They are trying to register it as a trademark. Those are two very different things. The TM office typically takes 6 months (just about on the mark) to examine the application. So they should issue any action/allowance in October 2013. Assuming the examining attorney doesn't find any confusingly similar mark, I expect he will allow the registration, unfortunately. Would AV then try to enforce the registration against AVE? I expect not. Wulfe is right about the fraud bit. An applicant represents to the TM office that to the best of their knowledge, they have the legal right to use the mark and that no other entity has such a right to the mark. Alleging this falsely means the registration can be cancelled. I think it would be quickly found out in any lawsuit that AV knows about AVE and has stolen their mark.
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