I have a T-Shirt with NSFW on it. They are a bit late to the game to enjoy the after party.

Mless

@Gigo: if you get roflcopter i get lollerskates!

rson

Quick, patent NWS before they get that too.

pipcorona

I got want FTW!

strider_mt2k

I've got dibs on SSDD (same s#!t different day) & Hoas (hold on a sec). Seriously though, I think it's just a publicity stunt. For what I'm not sure of but, we are commenting on this so.

EspadaUno

I'm gonna patent the word "asshole" and sue Fark for being one without my permission!

professor

@omg-ponies:
These guys are next:
[www.bigdouchebag.com]

Lorne

^--- filing Trademark on NS4W right now. Take that farkers

CEOself

Seeing as it's Fark, it's probably an attempt to see if you can trademark just about anything

//It's not IP, it's Fark.com

the_sidewinder

who the fawk is Fark? their claim would hold water if every time i saw NSFW i though of Fark - but i dont, so fawk them.

p.s I am copy writing all the words i just used.

chuloallen

I've got dibbs on asdf! XD

Zodiack

Seriously, acronyms are left ONLY for teeny bopper girls who LOVE to text message. Remember that Cingular commercial? Perfect example. You're not a dude if you do this girly type of stuff.

Earthslide

That's is so lame. Greedy fckers.

bobbybidoua

I have the texting rights to OMG, its derivatives and any and all BFF appellations.

omg-ponies

@Vash21:
SAME HERE!!! ROFLMAO!!!

nosauten

I'll take IMO, BRB. And to go all the way, I'll also trademark roflcopter

Gigo

Were I part of Gawker Media's legal department, I'd trademark the word "douchebag" and all derivations and then send a C&D letter to Fark and its subsidiaries.

Because Fark's trademark attempt has all the tell-tale signs of douchebaggery.

omg-ponies

What a Farker

ywpark

Dibbs on woot and roflmao

Vash21

@strider_mt2k: Try it and I think Tazz and Vince McMahon will want a word with you...

/I was so very confused when I first kept seeing FTW pop up online.

smitty1123

but nsfw.com already exists

burnblue

@jwszoid: "neessffewwaaa,"

Uglyshoe

I will soon own all the rights too "!!!1!!ONE!!11!" and any derivatives Roman, Arabic, or otherwise.

I will be made rich by your enthusiasm, Internets.

Uglyshoe

hate to play the grammar gestapo, but NSFW is an abbreviation, not an acronym. Acronyms are pronounceable abreviations (like SCUBA).

jwszoid

With patents, they are invalid if you can demonstrate prior works. Not sure if anything like that exists for trademarks.

raulr

I think I'd patent WTF. So whenever another company decides to come up with a brilliant idea like this, I'd be able to say, without being sued for patient infringement, "WTF?" No, seriously, "WTF?"

nosauten

shotty the suffix 'z0rz' and the number '1337'

Seriously though, they can't be serious.

lafond66

ZOMG HAXORZ = Mine

AUAnonymous

@DJJS: permission granted.

oo0cyst0oo

I heard that dude on a radio interview for his book tour on a morning show. boo. guy's a total douche, and this proves without a doubt.
I kinda like fark. kinda.
i trademark everything on everyone else's blogs especially the pedobear.

oo0cyst0oo

Can i kick this guy?

DJJS

Jack-u Bauer!

orionburch

I'm trademarking "You're a complete bunch of total fucking idiots", and then I'll make T-shirts in celebration (with the newly trademarked phrase) to send to the "brains" at fark!

Sounds good to me.

nachobel

This is kind of sad. I used to be a huge Farker, even ponied up the $5/month for about two years. I had always felt that they were "counter culture", and good at what they do. Unfortunately, the culture in TotalFark changed and I started to drift away to other sites.

I went back a month or two ago and just found a lot of crass. Maybe my nostalgia goggles were on tight, but I don't remember that much when I was there. (There was a lot of snark, but it seemed to be in general good fun.)

The fact that they took a move like that, which to me seems like a douchebag (ha) move, just makes me all the more reluctant to ever go back to Fark. In all likelyhood, any stories submitted about it there are probably ignored/deleted, and anyone raising a ruckus banned. They like to keep a tight ship, but sometimes too tight.

Tukaro

@NaughtyBitsGLiF: The internets are serious business. *trademarks*

Zodiack

i have dibs on "sex" and "www" and everything in the dictionary. Yes I know I'm not using acronyms.

jkr

@professor: Well, they do say that there's no such thing as bad publicity. I agree though. What a way to turn off potential customers.

EspadaUno

Not only is there previous art, it's all over the internet. It should be denied just because he can't control it anymore.

Oh, and he's a douchebag too.

dagamer34

Can I patent/copyright the entire alphabet. All 26 letters (and the numbers too) and all derivations and combinations thereof.

Thanks

rcorrino

@ESPADAUNO: If it is a publicity stunt, they'd better fire the marketing guy.... publicity stunts are supposed to generate business, not p*ss off the entire potential customer-base!

professor

dibs on TFSU and all cat pictures

pcdsim

I'll have Fries with that and extra Cheese Please!...

keithldick

to many patents flying round here! But have you all sent in for them yet?... AH HA Beat you to it! Nah just messing with you ;) Them boys crazy if the think the internets can be copyrighted.

NaughtyBitsGLiF

Dibs on roflbbq

NaughtyBitsGLiF

@aaj111: LOL! *waits for a lawsuit* I forgot OMGWTFBBQ. :D

Zodiack

I am getting rights to LOLWTFBBQ and RICKROLL'D.

aaj111

Those dastardly Columbian rebels! This is just like that movie Collateral Damage. Oh, wait, Fark? I thought you meant FARC.

Jesse in Japan

Good grief. What a complete waste of time. They won't even get close. Morons, all of them.

whiteknight

Oh Fark...

FGS FDS

You can't have it. It belongs to anonymous.

Blue_Six

Ha! LOLCATZ and any variations, derivative is mine. As well as any picture which has been affiliated with said caption. I'm tempted to claim all cats in pictures as well. Also anything that carries the caption "Im in your _____ ____ing ur ______".

I also claim RTFM.

Senshi34

@WCD_Thor: didn't George Carlin beat you to it?

scarbrtj

Why does everyone shy away from using fuck? I mean come on, say it like you mean it and use the real fucking word. Oh, I have trademarks on fuck, fucker, fucking, and anything with fuck in it. I have full rights to limit the rights of others to do the action of fucking, whether it be related to sex and/or violence.

WCD_Thor

I don't see why one of the Chan sites just trademark the internet, seeing how they invent pretty much every meme out there.

Taime

Idiots. That's all I can say.

(Fark that is, not you guys. Oops, I did say more.)

hostile17

i'm going to trademark ENTIRE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!!! BWAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!!

HoseHead

since apple has white, black and the colors of a normal rainbow... i wanna patent all other colors (including those you cannot see) except magenta (t-mobile beat me to it). oh yes, and lowcase letters (somebody else patented the entire alphabet on caps, that is why the capslock does not work on apple machines).

the term word is patented by microsoft so we won't be using that either. and remember that you are not allowed to see outside unless they give you a proper license for your windows (one for every hole on a wall with some translucent material).

is it time to patent the wheel yet? oh crap i forgot, time is a trademark of aol-time-warner, so there!

nor there will be people left once we find out that magazine, right?

this is a stupid patent, trademark or whatever.

whiskey

Seeing as i've rocked up to the party late, and all the good stuff has gone, i'm going to trademark "your mom". both the phrase and your mom.

BTW (tm), from now on just use NWS. The exact same result, with only 75% of the effort!!!!!

sam_i_am

Looks like Drew Curtis already has the trademark rights to male pattern baldness.

*zing*

Pope John Peeps II

People are taking this JOKE way too seriously. Must be stress from work.

ninjashock

Are they going to try seek royalties from the intarweb by trademarking it? They should trademark: WEREASSHOLESLOL

Trowble

@the_sidewinder: Yeah, this seems like either making a point or making a joke.

Brian Sexton

So, seeing as how Fark seems to be on a downhill slide and this smells like a desperate grab for attention, I'm copyrighting the phrase "jumping the Fark."

FredicvsMaximvs

I think people are looking at this wrong. Drew doesn't seem like the kind of guy to do this. I think they know it will be rejected, then it will permanently be in the public domain. Kind of a backwards cover your ass move.

mercutio879

Thats a hell of a publicity stunt! I wonder how many more hits Fark gets today than last monday?

-> Proud Farker here

northstar

@WCD_Thor: Fark tries to be "safe for work", and some work filters check for language like "fuck", "shit", etc. It's also why they have very strict rules and enforcement.

Tukaro

what if 4chan had a copyright? my god, it would be frightening to think /b/ somehow made money.

mitchel_stevens

what was that companys name?
Fart, Fark, can't remember, sorry.

mangochutney

Ive got dibs on suck,my, and balls. also I have all rights to tubgirl and two girls and a cup. PS Fawk Farker you Farkface

jsmjr816

Well, Gizmodo could always file an opposition:

[www.uspto.gov]

and pay the $300 opposition filing fee.

This is the kind of silly crap that gives attorneys a bad name (if they didn't already have one). Unfortunately, Mr. Ruscak (Fark's counsel on this) can't be disciplined for mere stupidity.

Negotiator

@Guero: Does prior art apply here? nsfw.com might qualify.

jeblis

I want DCO.

Altanader

Look, people. This is a Trademark application. It's not a patent; it's not a copyright. TMs are protected as brand identifiers only. Just because someone gets a trademark application on NSFW doesn't mean no one on the internet can ever use it again. They just can't use it as the name of a website. Are you all going "OMG! Apple took the word apple and now we can't use it ever again!"?

Guero

@the_sidewinder: The company that owns blackberry trademarked the words black, berry, and pearl...so you never know.

I want to trademark the words trademark, patent, and rights so that anytime anyone tries to do any of those things I get paid (lawsuit or otherwise)...that's another one, I'll trademark lawsuit, royalties, and intellectual property.

gokor

trademark != patents != copyright. Without going into a long and overblown rant, they'd need to demonstrate a use in interstate commerce to even be able to file the application (or at least an intent to use in interstate commerce).

No, prior art does not apply in the TM case, but a prior use in commerce will prevent them from asserting that you infringe their mark for the territory you used it in.

That's all for now. There's way too many ways this is dumb and lame and just.... well, dumb again.

-p-

psxndc

I'm the proud creator of FAFH (fine as f'ing hell). It looks like I had better trademark it soon!

Galley

IDK MY BFF JILL!!!???
LOL, stupid f*cks.
I'd like to apply a LURKMOAR on the forehead of Fark if you please.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

drew curtis ur a douche bag (Y)

Arsenal6

Do we all acknowledge that this is fake yet?
[forums.fark.com]

TimSPC

On a side note, If Yoda was to say STFU, wouldnt it be SUTF instead of TFSU. Sounds better to me.

alienhead

@Tukaro: I am with you on that one, mi amigo. I used to be a TotalFarker for three or so years back in the college days, and it has really de-evolved into a bunch of chuckleheads. I may not get all the same news here, but at least most of it is semi-intelligent, and the judicious use of the ban-hammer helps keep it tight and trim here.

zenpoet

um, goatse mumble mumble

jahknow

You know, before TLAs (three letter acronyms) were all the rage, I used BFD in an article I wrote about 37 years ago.

It was censored, until 80% of my high school class signed a petition indicating that it was ridiculous to censor that since it could mean so many things (every person signing the petition gave an alternative to the obvious, my favorite of which were big fat dicks and butt fucking dogs.

So put me down for BFD. And they can have NSFW (naked sexy female whores).

OldSchoolGadgetLover

Curtis looks like the Cheshire cat. What a D-bag. Oh wait, has he patented that word too? F+"!ing D.

banmojo

@jeblis: Prior art doesn't apply to Trademarks. It's only for patents.

Guero

Coppola things:

First, near as I can tell, reading the actual application, they haven't applied for a trademark for the acronym NSFW, but rather the literal phrase, "Not Safe For Work". That's my reading of it, at least. Note it's an application for a Trademark; not a patent, or a copyright.

Secondly, this is FARK. Is there even a remote possiblity that they're serious?

GottaGo

@jwszoid: Definition of acronym from Meriam-Webster dictionary: "... a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI: initialism ..."

JediQ

What the FARK? They can fuck off.

dead_red_eyes

Look for my FTW branded line of energy juice drinks coming soon!!

strider_mt2k

Bwahahahahaha

Chaluapman

HAH! I can't believe you dupes are getting all angry.

"OMG Hez runing teh internets! All of um!"

These are one of those special times when I am glad to be a commenter on this site...*facepalm

TonyTriple

I heard this guy on O&A, he's a gigantic tool.

mattbrown