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LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:05 am
by Symmetry
Procter & Gamble bids to trademark LOL, WTF and other acronyms

Procter & Gamble, the household products company, has applied to trademark acronyms common in textspeak including “LOL” and “WTF”.

If successful, the terms could be used to market products such as soap, detergents and air fresheners in order to attract younger consumers.

P&G registered the trademark applications with the US Patent and Trademark Office in April. The newly branded products would be sold alongside well known items such as Febreze, Fairy and Mr Clean.

Alongside LOL (laughing out loud) and WTF (what the f*ck), other acronyms P&G has applied to trademark are NBD (no big deal) and FML (f*ck my life).

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:56 am
by Bentelbow
Are they gonna use FML to market Febreze or Mr. Clean?

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:30 am
by Dukasaur
Didn't Erin Brockovich already deal with those guys?

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:06 am
by Symmetry
Dukasaur wrote:Didn't Erin Brockovich already deal with those guys?


Thank goodness I didn't post the article on how methadone is helping to cure the opiod problem in Rhode Island. You'd probably have posted some nonsense about Cool Hand Luke ingesting 50 heroin eggs.

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:09 am
by DoomYoshi
Symmetry wrote:
Dukasaur wrote:Didn't Erin Brockovich already deal with those guys?


Thank goodness I didn't post the article on how methadone is helping to cure the opiod problem in Rhode Island. You'd probably have posted some nonsense about Cool Hand Luke ingesting 50 heroin eggs.


Methadone curing the epidemic:
Image

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:19 am
by Symmetry
DoomYoshi wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Dukasaur wrote:Didn't Erin Brockovich already deal with those guys?


Thank goodness I didn't post the article on how methadone is helping to cure the opiod problem in Rhode Island. You'd probably have posted some nonsense about Cool Hand Luke ingesting 50 heroin eggs.


Methadone curing the epidemic:
[img]https://i.dailymail.co.uk]


Ah, the Daily Mail

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:26 am
by DoomYoshi
I don't think they would object to how I used their picture.

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 10:11 am
by TA1LGUNN3R
Symmetry wrote:
Dukasaur wrote:Didn't Erin Brockovich already deal with those guys?


Thank goodness I didn't post the article on how methadone is helping to cure the opiod problem in Rhode Island. You'd probably have posted some nonsense about Cool Hand Luke ingesting 50 heroin eggs.


Nonsense? That's a great movie!

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:04 am
by betiko
How can you use wtf in an ad? Mostly in puritan us of a?

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 10:33 pm
by Symmetry
TA1LGUNN3R wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Dukasaur wrote:Didn't Erin Brockovich already deal with those guys?


Thank goodness I didn't post the article on how methadone is helping to cure the opiod problem in Rhode Island. You'd probably have posted some nonsense about Cool Hand Luke ingesting 50 heroin eggs.


Nonsense? That's a great movie!


Duk has a problem distinguishing one drug from another. I attempted an intervention at one point. It didn't go well.

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 10:34 pm
by Symmetry
betiko wrote:How can you use wtf in an ad? Mostly in puritan us of a?


I blame the Gamble side of the business.

Re: LOL, WTF, Procter & Gamble trying to patent "LOL", "WTF"

PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:32 am
by 2dimes
Symmetry wrote:
betiko wrote:How can you use wtf in an ad? Mostly in puritan us of a?


I blame the Gamble side of the business.


I'm going to go ahead and award a point for that.