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Charlie Sheen's Trademark Counsel
Wilmington, DE-based Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz has ventured into the world of pop culture through its Los Angeles office. Records on file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show that partner Grant T. Langton is helping Charlie Sheen, the former star of the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, with a trademark endeavor. Sheen is trying to trademark 22 catchphrases, as well as his name and signature.
Connolly Bove's Langton is the attorney of record for a Los Angeles-based company seeking to trademark such Sheen phrases as “Violent Torpedo of Truth,” “Park Your Nonsense,” “Duh, Winning,” Rock Star From Mars,” “Sheen's Goddesses,” “I'm Not Bi-Polar, I'm Bi-Winning,” and “Living the Sheen Dream.”
The vice chair of Connolly Bove's patent prosecution and counseling section, Langton practices in the firm's Los Angeles office, which opened in January 2006.
The company seeking to trademark the Sheen phrases is Hyro-gliff Corp., which shares an address with Los Angeles entertainment firm Lavely & Singer. Name partner Martin Singer has been representing Sheen on various matters, including the civil suit that Sheen filed against Warner Bros., the studio behind Two and a Half Men, and Chuck Lorre, the show's executive producer.
The trademark applications seek protection on a wide range of goods and services, such as: electronic devices; video and computer games; gambling machines; musical, comedy and dramatic theatrical performances; production and distribution of radio and television programs and motion pictures; luggage; and various types of clothing and school supplies.
Brian Baxter is a reporter for The American Lawyer and Elizabeth Bennett is a reporter for Delaware Law Weekly. Both publications are ALM Media affiliates of Entertainment Law & Finance.
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The company seeking to trademark the Sheen phrases is Hyro-gliff Corp., which shares an address with Los Angeles entertainment firm Lavely & Singer. Name partner Martin Singer has been representing Sheen on various matters, including the civil suit that Sheen filed against Warner Bros., the studio behind Two and a Half Men, and Chuck Lorre, the show's executive producer.
The trademark applications seek protection on a wide range of goods and services, such as: electronic devices; video and computer games; gambling machines; musical, comedy and dramatic theatrical performances; production and distribution of radio and television programs and motion pictures; luggage; and various types of clothing and school supplies.
Brian Baxter is a reporter for The American Lawyer and Elizabeth Bennett is a reporter for Delaware Law Weekly. Both publications are ALM Media affiliates of Entertainment Law & Finance.
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