22 August 2016Trademarks
WIPR survey: ‘Comfyballs’ TM not scandalous ‘unless you are 80 years old’
WIPR readers have reacted angrily that the term ‘Comfyballs’ has been approved for women’s products but not men’s.
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Trademarks
11 December 2014 A Norwegian underwear brand called Comfyballs has been denied a trademark registration in the US—because the term is too vulgar.
Influential Women in IP
8 August 2016 An underwear brand called Comfyballs, which was initially denied a US trademark for its name because the term was “vulgar”, has now had an application accepted—but only if the product is used for women.