Shocking News: Reddit has trademarks for forum names like "Explain Like I'm Five" registered on USPTO.
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https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=88664413&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch
I thought stuff like "Explain Like I'm Five" and "AMA" was proprietary to the community, or at least the Reddit community, not Reddit as a company.
I checked and I found at least those subreddit forum names were registered as trademarks.
- TODAY I LEARNED (TIL)
- SHOWERTHOUGHTS
- EXPLAIN LIKE I'M FIVE
- NOSLEEP
- AM I THE ASSHOLE?
- IAMA
- RPAN (actual subreddit name is R/PAN but they messed up the word mark for the registration I think.)
- ASK REDDIT (makes sense since this includes Reddit's name.)
- NATURE IS FUCKING LIT (I thought you couldn't register word marks with swearing but I guess I'm wrong. Must be only for offensive terms then...)
- ASK ME ANYTHING (yes somehow this "generic term" is a trademark now...")
- AMA
- ELI5
Also they have some trademark registration applications for WALLSTREETBETS that have not been finalized yet.