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Fark Seeks to Trademark NSFW

Posted by Zonk on from the not-so-freaking-wise dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The term NSFW is about to join the :( emoticon, going from a generic, oft-used internet abbreviation, to one company's exclusive trademark. Fark is seeking a trademark on the use of NSFW to describe naughty online content. Of course, they may face a bit of a battle because more than a few other people are already using the term NSFW to describe their products and services. Not that that's stopped anyone in the past." And, of course, the whole thing could be a big practical joke.

18 of 199 comments (clear)

  1. Hello? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Guess nobody clicked on the story cause it's marked NSFW! :)

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    1. Re:Hello? by 77Punker · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't have a job, you insensitive clod!

    2. Re:Hello? by jonpublic · · Score: 4, Funny

      They should try to trademark the Florida tag.

  2. You've got it all wrong! by DeeQ · · Score: 5, Funny

    The term NSFW is about to join the :( emoticon NSFW is :)
    1. Re:You've got it all wrong! by Alzheimers · · Score: 5, Funny

      NSFW is (.)(.) and 3==D

    2. Re:You've got it all wrong! by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

      >> IANAL, but I'm dating one ;-)

      I<3ANAL should be your bumper sticker.

    3. Re:You've got it all wrong! by mariotwins · · Score: 2, Funny

      All it takes to get +5 informative is ASCII boobs and wang? I must be doing it wrong.

  3. In relatiation by oahazmatt · · Score: 3, Funny

    In retaliation, CmdrTaco has filed a trademark for "slashies"

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    // had to do it

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    1. Re:In relatiation by iTowelie · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm a "Slasher" you insensitive clod!

  4. Re:WTF? by jtfryman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now that is recursion at its finest.... Imagine a superscript TM with a smaller superscript TM above it, trailing off into the nether regions of unprintability...

  5. You think it's a joke? by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure, and it was all fun and games until "The Daily WTF" was forced to rename by the World Trade Federation.

  6. Re:If they can do it by AvitarX · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm going to trademark "Florida". That way Drew will have to cross license with me to get most of his crazy news stories.

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  7. The dangers of NSFW! by HeliosTrick · · Score: 5, Funny

    A friend told me that NSFW stood for "Now Show Friends and Workmates"... I'm now unemployed :(

  8. Re:Even if it is a joke... by nschubach · · Score: 1, Funny

    Amazingly, even today, I still don't know exactly what fark.com is or does. All I know is that, if this story is true, I would have less of an inclination to support it or even go there. Then again, I seem to be the only person left in the US that will not buy an XBox360 because of the parent companies prior and current PC industry "tactics" and business model.

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  9. Re:If they can do it by Alzheimers · · Score: 5, Funny

    only if we can trademark IORAL too...
    No, Apple already trolled the iOral for their sex toy

    Then Apple has probably already trademarked iAnal, too.

  10. Re:Even if it is a joke... by Whammy666 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Fark is a pathetic shell of what it used to be. Drew has really screwed up the site as compared to its glory days. I think this is another attempt at attention whoring to get people to come back to his site. It's not going to work. Fuck Drew. He'll get over it.

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  11. Re:Even if it is a joke... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6254/pic321bs0.jpg

  12. Re:Even if it is a joke... by Hal_Porter · · Score: 3, Funny

    Drew Curtis is a moron. You misspelled moran.
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