Comments on: 7 Famous Phrases Famous People Own

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:26 +0000

Texas A&M’s use of the phrase “12th Man” dates back to 1922 and E. King Gill. WHOOP!

By: Lynnie

Lynnie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:55:57 +0000

Next time someone uses the phrase “this is the sh*t frosting on the crap cupcake that is my day” I expect some $ in the mail!

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:14:23 +0000

It’s really almost impossible to say who first came up with the “nth man” because I’ve heard it use in so many different sports for a long time. In the 80’s I went to MISL soccer games that were 7 on 7 and the crowd was constantly referred to as the 8th man.

By: Pearl

Pearl — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:17:45 +0000

@Roger:

I immediately thought of the same episode.

“Get ready to humble… yourself before Christ!”

By: Joe Fish

Joe Fish — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:44:12 +0000

The Denny Green bit makes me wonder why Jim Mora never tried to trademark “diddly-poo.”

By: jm004

jm004 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:19:39 +0000

So what about lil wayne’s song “3 peat”? It says three-peat about 90 times. Sure, he put “3″ instead of “three”, but does that keep him from paying to use that trademarked phrase?

By: Egg Go Boom

Egg Go Boom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:58:23 +0000

I saw on CNN this morning that Emeril Lagasse was crossing a street in New Orleans and got hit by a bus.

BAM!

By: avid reader

avid reader — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:05:00 +0000

Caroline,

Your story was all about trademarks, why did you say the USC students got a “copyright infringement” notice? don’t you think it was a “trademark infringement” notice?

Anyone curious to know if a mark has been registered in the U.S. can look it up on the trademark office’s website.

There you will see that GOOD NIGHT MY SWEET ANNA BABY was not registered as a trademark, though an application was filed. The application is abandoned.

By: Ray Trygstad

Ray Trygstad — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:13:04 +0000

The trademark on Three-Peat should never have been allowed, because in order to register a trademark you must prove use in commerce. Since they didn’t win the “three-peat” it was not used and should not have been registerable.

By: giants fan

giants fan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:26:38 +0000

How about the Patriots trying to get “perfect season”?