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Yahoo Serious Fights Yahoo! trademark

Posted by Hemos on from the the-levels-of-comedy dept.

fsck writes "Australian actor Yahoo Serious is fighting Internet portal Yahoo! for the trademark to the word Yahoo, registered with the Australian Trade Marks Office in August. Yahoo! was founded in 1994, whereas Yahoo Serious changed his name by deed poll in 1980. It sounds as though Mr Serious is, among other things, tired of receiving any more misdirected Yahoo! snail mail." The levels of comedy to this are astounding.

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  1. Does he... by rayamor · · Score: 0, Funny

    Does he...uh...Yahoo?

  2. sesame street... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Today's show has been brought to you by.. the letter A, the letter D... shit, someone copyrighted the letter D.. ok ok, the number 3... fuck not again

  3. Abott and Costello, forgive me. by neo · · Score: 5, Funny

    A: So I'm starting this internet company.
    C: Oh yeah, well you better have a really good name for it. Something to stick in people heads.
    A: Oh I do, I'm really excited about it.
    C: What is it?
    A: Yahoo!
    C: So you're excited, so what's the name.
    A: No, that's the name.
    C: What's the name?
    A: Yahoo!
    C: I can't tell it's exciting, what's the name!
    A: I just told you the name.
    C: Why can't you just tell me the name.
    A: Yahoo!
    C: You can't be serious.
    A: I'm not, that's someone else.
    C: That's not what I'm asking!

  4. apology by bowb · · Score: 4, Funny

    On behalf of my fellow Australians I would like to apologize for the crimes committed against comedy by Yahoo Serious.

    1. Re:apology by Telecommando · · Score: 2, Funny

      Thank you.

      And in reciprocation, we Americans would like to apologize for Carrot Top.

      Well, actually not so much apologize as fire him from a cannon into a low earth orbit without a space suit.

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  5. Re:Two different trademarks? by lord_ashaman · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yahoo Serious is a weird Australian violin-playing genius



    the words "Yahho Serious" and "genius" shoud never be uttered in the same sentance.

  6. John Boy by Voidhobo · · Score: 2, Funny

    If only I had been there before the Waltons. Then it would be Good Night, John-Boy forever!

  7. Make the punishment fit the crime. by Glenda+Slagg · · Score: 2, Funny

    When this guy loses his case, is there any chance that the Judge can force him to change his name to Iyama Twat? It seems so much more appropriate.

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  8. Given the dot bomb economy.... by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    their stock price and business model, Yahoo! should probably change their name to OhShit!

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  9. Re:whatever by jazman_777 · · Score: 2, Funny
    It's just a shame he didn't change his name to Micro Soft.


    Speaking of Microsoft, there should be a class action lawsuit by everyone named "Bob" against Microsoft, for trying to appropriate the name, and throw in a defamation suit, too.

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  10. Oh dear so 'Serious' might be trademarked ? by cheekymonkey_68 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean that SERIOUS Sam might be in breach of Yahoo Serious trademark.

    I don't want to play as 'Slightly Serious Sam' or 'Mostly Harmless Sam'

    Dammit I wanna be Serious Sam and I want some serious fragging now.....

  11. I just hate... by Kengineer · · Score: 2, Funny

    .. these stupid april fool's day articles. Nobody believes them, why do they keep getting posted? Get a life people!

  12. Re:is this for real? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    I think the question should be: Is he serious???

    Nope, just a Yahoo.

  13. Lisa Simpson said it all by Tyrannosaurus · · Score: 3, Funny

    On a movie theatre facade: "Yahoo Serious is Young Einstein"

    Lisa Simpson: "I know those words, but that sentance makes no sense to me!"

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  14. hm... by sinator · · Score: 1, Funny
    The levels of comedy to this are astounding.


    Thus marking the only time anything involvign Yahoo Serious was every considered funny.
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  15. listed on www.yahoo.com by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Still he doesn't seem to mind being listed on www.yahoo.com. (I assume)
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Actors_and_Actr esses/Serious__Yahoo/
    In other words, "I need money". Just because he was outdated when long before the internet got cool.