https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/05/smiley-face-trademark-litigation/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 10 May 2006 07:41:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/05/smiley-face-trademark-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-2874 Wed, 10 May 2006 07:41:31 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3426#comment-2874 It’s actually a little older than that. This 1993 effort by Cecil Adams lays out some handy info.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/05/smiley-face-trademark-litigation/comment-page-1/#comment-2873 Tue, 09 May 2006 18:32:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3426#comment-2873 The yellow ball of Smiley face has been around since 1970. A girl I knew in college just loved the little guy and bought everything with it’s image on it.
Since that is almost 35 years ago is’nt the Smiley face guy in public domain by now ?

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