...guess my "ah your sister's rabbit" could be a money maker
Posted on 04/26/2009 4:04:46 PM PDT by paudio
Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey is at the centre of a legal battle with the bosses of an insurance company over the use of her signature catchphrase-the "Aha moment".
The talk show queen is known to use the popular phrase for a revelation on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' and in her O magazine, reports Contactmusic.
However, now the same catchphrase has landed the media mogul in a dispute with executives at Mutual of Omaha Bank.
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you can’t really trademark this stuff right??
I guess I’m in trouble. I use “aha” in classes I teach...
obama uses that all the time 'aha' 'aha'... then whistles through his drenchers.
Didn’t Gates of Microsoft try to copyright something that is normally found on a keyboard?
Her IP lawyers should have been more diligent about protecting this disputed trademark, or at least so the bank is claiming. Other companies have also referred to “aha” moments in publicity with no reaction from Oprah. I don’t know if Oprah has ever actually filed for official trademark status on it. She may have Kleenexed it away, so to speak.
How about if she just changes it a bit and calls it “the aga moment”
Well, she could bailout Mutual....then we won’t have to.
...guess my "ah your sister's rabbit" could be a money maker
Looks like someone has a copyright on a book with the title "aha". Would that preclude her from owning the phrase, if she can even do that.
Better yet, the "Aja Moment" so it sounds the same, lol.
Does anyone have a copyright on Woo Hoo? Just wondering.
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