Airachnid; a name which came to limelight recently. Sadly though we have to say goodbye to that name for US Patent Office has denied the Trademark “Airachnid”.
“Registration of the applied-for mark is refused because of a likelihood of confusion with the mark in U.S. Registration No. 2917921. Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
Applicant’s mark, AIRACHNID, is highly similar to registrant’s mark, ARACHNOID. The marks are both intended to be plays on the word “arachnid,” and as such, are highly similar in impression. Additionally, the first portion of the marks, “AIRACHN” and “ARACHN” are nearly identical in sound and appearance, and the final portion “NID” and “NOID” is also highly similar. Note that slight differences in the sound of similar marks will not avoid a likelihood of confusion.
You can view the Original Document here.
SMOG
It's funny 'cause it's true.
zmog
The_Black_Sheep
Wow! All that talk came to nothing… I'm sure they'll think of some other similar-sounding name & the subsequent character will probably be some massive disappoint…
VokVisitor
I wasn't fond of the name Airachnid to begin with, but that's a really dumb reason to deny the trademark!
What, you can't get something trademarked if it "kinda sounds like" another trademark???
Besides, Arachnoid would sound like Uh-Rack-Noyd
whereas Airachnid would sound like Ær-Ack-Nid
They don't even rhyme!
What a load.
Alooulla
You really made me laugh after a very hard day My thanks.
Sso02V
Night Attack Predacon Airachnoblast Prime.
Autobot Burnout
I'd like to know more about what this "ex-Airachnid" thing even is. If it's Spider-like and has a stupider name, I'l probably refer to it as "Airachnid" regardless.
Deonasis
If they are still keen on that name try a hyphen: Air-Achnid
Tigermegatron
at any rate it doesn't matter. were still going to get the mold released in stores. just with a better or worse name applied to the mold.
Feralstorm
Airachnoblast.
Brooticus
I like!
Failing that, I submit the following for consideration:
-Tarantulair
-Flyder
-Spidair
-Leggy Sky Man
-Kieth
Digilaut
Or ARACHUTE
Why?
Dremare
Well, that sucks.
Optimus Prime
Kind of a lame name anyway. We'll probably get "Skyder" instead.
Feralstorm
I vote for the name "Holy crap it's a giant frickin' SPIDER, and it FLIES! Oh my GOD RUN!!!"
Probably no other toys with that name.
Digilaut
That'szz why the government iz halping you!
Lodril
It's an office action. A first refusal. They can still rebut it with arguments to the examiner, since it's not even a final refusal yet. So basically we have no information, other than that Hasbro was interested in using the name.
The alarmism here over these filings is completely baffling. Jumping from one wild conclusion to the next so frequently must be exhausting!
JLvatron
Glad???
GLAHHAHHHAHAHH!!!
That's so mean!!
JLvatron
Yes! Airantulas for the win!!
caitlindevi
Unless it was a parody product and obviously not the original. I've been there, the company i used to work for produced a line of parody figurines and they dodged all sorts of legal bullets due to the parody clause.
Then theres the company who make the Bad taste bears who've released two TF based parody figures
http://www.thebogies.com/gallery/product/optimus-slime-pocket-bogie
http://store.badtastebears.com/store/viewproduct/bad-taste-bears—figurine—hot-rod/12/
Chaos Muffin
Guess we're too tsupid to tell