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August 04, 2006

Reality TV junkie

TelevisionWhat do intellectual property attorneys do in their spare time?  On this Friday, I have decided to let you in on one of my hobbies –  looking up future TV reality show names on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website.  See, an interesting little fact unknown to the rest of the world is that production companies usually like to file trademarks on the TV reality show names long before they air on TV.  Looking up the names just takes a simple search on the Trademark Electronic Search System. 

For example, say you want to know what the production company that brings you American Idol has planned for the future or thought of in the past.  If you don’t know the production company name, then first use “American Idol” (with the quotations) as the search term.  Clicking on the serial number will bring up information including the trademark owner, FremantleMedia.  Now use FremantleMedia as your search term and you have a list of past ideas, current shows, and names of shows that you may see in the future.  Some of my favorites from FremantleMedia include:

  • Bad Mothers of America (this sounds like a train-wreck worth watching);
  • Celebrity Idol (because I would love to see D-List celebrities battling it out to win my vote);
  • American Caveman (a game show that caught my attention because I have no idea what it would entail); and last but definitely not least
  • Dallas Wives (big hair and accents – I’m still a Texas girl at heart).

 

 



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Posted by Laura Wood at 04:55 PM.
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Ok.. Answer these questions:

1. Do you have children who are (or are you) now 20 years old or older?

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Posted by: susie at August 10, 2006 11:06 AM