I will give a bright shiny nickel if anyone can explain to me (a) why Fark is trying to trademark the phrase “Not Safe for Work” (NSFW), and (b) what makes them (or their lawyers) think they have a Snowball’s Chance in HellTM of doing so. Unless (one can only hope) this is some brave attempt to point out the idiocy of trademark applications in the modern age.
The trademark application is here. For the record, the term is defined there as:
Entertainment Services namely providing a website featuring photographic, audio, video and prose presentations featuring comedic captions regarding current events and online discussions and/or reviews of web materials of an adult nature; Entertainment services, namely, providing a web site featuring musical performances, musical videos, related film clips, photographs, and other multimedia materials; Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line reviews of photographs and /or web postings of an adult nature.
(via BD)
It appears this may be some form of prank. Drew has said as much in an entry about it. I seriously doubt this is a real attempt to try and squeeze money out of people.
Damn! Why didn’t I register notsafeforwork.com when I had the chance?!!!
I didn’t see the entry, though there were hints about it in the Wired article I linked to above. One would certainly hope …