Another Trademark Question

[sholly]

I was given a shirt for Christmas that had an acronym and what is stood for under it. There was no trademark symbol on it. It was in the format :

XXXX
Xabcdef Xabcde Xabcde Xabcd

I was wondering if I might be able make these shirts and sell them so I did a search on the web for it. I found a site that was related to it. It had the following format with a TM symbol on it:

X.X.X.X
Xabcdef Xabcde Xabcde Xabcd

Could I legally make these and sell them or not?

Thanks in Advance...

 

[Michael Wechsler]

There might be issues with regard to trademark law even though it might not be registered federally. But that isn't the main issue here as I don't know what the words stated and whether or not those words could be trademarked even though the individual has a TM symbol next to it.

The words in conjunction with a shirt company might be able to be trademarked. I'd venture to say that if you had words on a shirt that were ROFL, Rolling On the Floor Laughing, I'd bet that it would be a difficult case to make for trademark infringment if you decided to place that acronym and series of words on your shirt. If you tried selling it as a brand that might be another story if this company was selling shirts using this mark as an indicator of being a designation of origin, e.g. ROFL would indicate a specific shirt manufacturer.

There might be other issues but we really don't have enough information to discuss this topic appropriately but I think you get the idea.

Originally posted by sholly
I was given a shirt for Christmas that had an acronym and what is stood for under it. There was no trademark symbol on it. It was in the format :

XXXX
Xabcdef Xabcde Xabcde Xabcd

I was wondering if I might be able make these shirts and sell them so I did a search on the web for it. I found a site that was related to it. It had the following format with a TM symbol on it:

X.X.X.X
Xabcdef Xabcde Xabcde Xabcd

Could I legally make these and sell them or not?

Thanks in Advance...