Jan 29 2007

Whats Up Trademark - ShoeMoney™ In Full Effect

By Jeremy Schoemaker 18 comments

FINALLY we are approved for the ShoeMoney™ trademark. Its been a process that seems like has taken FOREVER. So now its official with the USTPO and I don’t have to just rely on common law use anymore. Watch out trademark bidders bidding on shoemoney™ I am coming for you!!!!!

Bob Sheth said on January 29th, 2007 at 3:40 pm

Damn. I’m gonna have to give up all those shoemoney domains I just regged:) Congratulations - you have a great brand which should always be protected.

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andre said on January 29th, 2007 at 4:10 pm

Are you going to add a little (R) to your logo now?

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Ron J said on January 29th, 2007 at 4:10 pm

Congrats. How long did the entire process take/cost if you don’t mind me asking?

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ShoeMoney said on January 29th, 2007 at 4:18 pm

took about 11 months

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Sexy Lace said on January 29th, 2007 at 4:37 pm

Cool. So what is your next step with it after this?

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Andrew Johnson said on January 29th, 2007 at 4:40 pm

Yeah, so much for buying pantsmoney.com and shirtmoney.com.

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Andy Beal said on January 29th, 2007 at 5:40 pm

Damn. I’ll have to warn the wife that she can no longer ask me for an allowance for shoemoney.

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Ron Wilson said on January 29th, 2007 at 6:58 pm

How hard of a process is this? What does it cost to get a trademarked name?

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Nick said on January 29th, 2007 at 8:34 pm

So when can we expect the lawsuit linkbait?

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Ron Mahabir said on January 29th, 2007 at 9:22 pm

It’s a logical move since you’ve an already established brand.

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TheMadHat said on January 30th, 2007 at 2:58 am

Congrats! You should do a post one of these days outlining the process. I’ve never known the steps involved.

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PI said on January 30th, 2007 at 6:31 am

I am just curious to know if you, Shoemoney, own (or would be interested in owning) other versions of your domain name. Ex: shoemoney.net, shoemoney.org…

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Ken Savage said on January 30th, 2007 at 8:23 am

What’s the difference between the R and the TM?

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Fred said on January 30th, 2007 at 11:40 am

The ‘R’ in the circle means that it is officially tradmarked.

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teddy said on January 30th, 2007 at 11:42 am

Im still waiting to hear if it’s possible to trademark the phrase “skills to pay the bills.” I think people were using that back in the early 90s.

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Silver said on January 30th, 2007 at 2:08 pm

Except… in a recent legal case, the court found that it was okay for your competitors to buy keyword advertising based on your trademarked words… So, you may not be able to stop that from happening. Only if they display your words visibly on their pages would you be able to do anything.

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Stu said on February 6th, 2007 at 4:39 pm

As far as I understand you can always use the TM, so you should’ve used the R in a circle for that post when you now officially have a trademark.

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rab said on February 3rd, 2008 at 6:44 am

Does this mean that you more effectively can go after people in, say Russia, using the trademark, or at least make ICANN take their domains with the word “Shoemoney” in them?

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