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Smells like Johnny Tricycle Part Two. Anytime a player in any sport does this I question their success. I just don't like this, and I've seen exactly zero players who do this kind of thing amount to much.
My personal thoughts are in red.......hehehe.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft2015/story/_/id/12410779/jameis-winston-files-trademark-famous-jameis
If Jameis Winston does become famous in the NFL, he's at least putting himself in position to capitalize on it.
Winston, the potential No. 1 overall NFL draft pick, has filed to trademark "Famous Jameis," a nickname he was given during his impressive two-year stint at Florida State, where he won a national title and a Heisman Trophy and only lost his last of 30 games as a starter.
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AP Photo/David J. PhillipJameis Winston has said he's been called "Famous Jameis" since his Little League baseball days.
"We have begun taking steps to protect our client and his intellectual property rights," said Russ Spielman, a partner of The Legacy Agency, which represents Winston. "Right now his sole focus is on football. We hope to utilize this way down the line."
Protect him and his intellectual property rights? It's a rip off of Famous Amos to begin with!!!
Records with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show that The Legacy Agency filed the trademark on behalf of Winston on Feb. 5.
Winston has said he has been called the nickname since his Little League baseball days, but the phrase gained national steam as he rolled off impressive wins in the school's 2013 undefeated title season. It appeared on merchandise and a man from Alabama, where Winston is from, attempted to trademark it. The government office challenged the filing on the grounds it likely was connected to the football star.
In 2013, Winston told the Palm Beach Post that he wasn't paying attention to the spread of "Famous Jameis," because he was known as "Jaboo" while growing up in Hueytown, Alabama.
"When people call me Famous Jameis, I know I'm not famous, our team is famous," he told the Post. "That stuff comes with winning. As long as we keep winning it will come up."
Cashing in on the phrase, of course, depends on how good Winston becomes at the next level. Johnny Manziel, who won the Heisman in 2012, has filed for 10 different trademarks including for "Johnny Football," but Manziel's lack of impact this past season for the Cleveland Browns has cooled the prospective play for phrases he owns or soon will own on merchandise.
LOL @ Johnny Tricycle!!! Really dude? Ten phrases? Was one of them "homeless guys like me best"?
RGIII owns the trademark to his full name, Robert Griffin III, and has filed for the trademark to six other phrases, but his sponsor Adidas has used fewer of his phrases on its shirts and socks as the Washington Redskins quarterback has fallen from grace.
LOL even harder @ Griffin.
Man some guys have WAY too much ego and legal representation. Winston has some good company.
My personal thoughts are in red.......hehehe.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft2015/story/_/id/12410779/jameis-winston-files-trademark-famous-jameis
If Jameis Winston does become famous in the NFL, he's at least putting himself in position to capitalize on it.
Winston, the potential No. 1 overall NFL draft pick, has filed to trademark "Famous Jameis," a nickname he was given during his impressive two-year stint at Florida State, where he won a national title and a Heisman Trophy and only lost his last of 30 games as a starter.
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AP Photo/David J. PhillipJameis Winston has said he's been called "Famous Jameis" since his Little League baseball days.
"We have begun taking steps to protect our client and his intellectual property rights," said Russ Spielman, a partner of The Legacy Agency, which represents Winston. "Right now his sole focus is on football. We hope to utilize this way down the line."
Protect him and his intellectual property rights? It's a rip off of Famous Amos to begin with!!!
Records with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show that The Legacy Agency filed the trademark on behalf of Winston on Feb. 5.
Winston has said he has been called the nickname since his Little League baseball days, but the phrase gained national steam as he rolled off impressive wins in the school's 2013 undefeated title season. It appeared on merchandise and a man from Alabama, where Winston is from, attempted to trademark it. The government office challenged the filing on the grounds it likely was connected to the football star.
In 2013, Winston told the Palm Beach Post that he wasn't paying attention to the spread of "Famous Jameis," because he was known as "Jaboo" while growing up in Hueytown, Alabama.
"When people call me Famous Jameis, I know I'm not famous, our team is famous," he told the Post. "That stuff comes with winning. As long as we keep winning it will come up."
Cashing in on the phrase, of course, depends on how good Winston becomes at the next level. Johnny Manziel, who won the Heisman in 2012, has filed for 10 different trademarks including for "Johnny Football," but Manziel's lack of impact this past season for the Cleveland Browns has cooled the prospective play for phrases he owns or soon will own on merchandise.
LOL @ Johnny Tricycle!!! Really dude? Ten phrases? Was one of them "homeless guys like me best"?
RGIII owns the trademark to his full name, Robert Griffin III, and has filed for the trademark to six other phrases, but his sponsor Adidas has used fewer of his phrases on its shirts and socks as the Washington Redskins quarterback has fallen from grace.
LOL even harder @ Griffin.
Man some guys have WAY too much ego and legal representation. Winston has some good company.
