Aaaaaah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aaaaaah? Ah ha! The IPKat is interested to see that OHIM is drumming up interest in its trade mark applications. The IPKat recently reported that the Second Board of Appeal refused a sonogram representing Tarzan’s yell. Now the OHIM General Affairs and External Relationships Department has issued a press release to say that although the sonogram was refused registration, a musical notation of the yell, applied for at the same time has been registered, and an application is pending for the sound represented by a sonogram and an MP3 file (a possiblity since 2005). Says OHIM lawyer Wouter Verburg :
“We are getting increasing interest in this area –everything from Tarzan’s call to a lion’s roar [which was refused notes the IPKat]. If they comply with the formalities and are distinctive they can be registered, and we now accept MP3 files as part of this process, provided they are filed together with the sonogram. As technology moves on we have moved too.”
The IPKat wonders, what’s the scope of protection of musical notation representing a yell? All instruments? Just the human voice?
At last, a us
Leaving aside his concerns about introducing awareness of patenting directly into the national curriculum, the IPKat says, wouldn’t it be nice for the children if all intellectual property professionals were provided with a prototype of this invention? Not that intellectual property is ever boring, of course…
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Not sure about the mallet. While it might wake up someone who's asleep, it can also render quite unconscious anyone who was already awake. Query: is it possible to knock someone out when they're already asleep?
ReplyDeleteNot even a top soprano could sing a BÙ an octave above the stave. Let alone a testosterone-laden Tarzan. Nor is the rhythm what (I think) most people would recognise as a Tarzan yell. And the orchestral instruments you could use for this range is pretty limited: violin, harp or flute. Not what you'd call the Johnny Weismuller image.
ReplyDeletePlus, bearing in mind that there is no tempo on the notation, is this clear enough to be a mark at all?