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Should've been Hogwarts: A History.

THIS

shoebox_project

go on girl ride that money train!!

Bitca, reply to my bloody text!

WHAT IS IT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I CAN'T BREATHE. BOW DOWN TO THE QUEEN.

To compete with... damn what was that sight called? The Lexicon! Oooh I could see that, especially with the whole suing thing.

makes sense

I hate announcements about announcements. Just tell us what the fuck it is.

ALL I WANT IS A) TO KNOW WTF THIS IS ABOUT AND B) GET MY MIDNIGHT TICKET

IDK/I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS EXACTLY IS BUT IM FUCKING EXCITED

WHAT IS HAPPENING

I love this secret mission

WHAT IS THIS WHAT IS THIS OH MY GOD SHAKING AND CRYING GLASS CASE OF EMOTION HOLD ME SOMEONE

So exciting!

I'm intrigued but I'm also a bit confused and expected more! They said it would be as exciting as a new HP book and, well, I feel like these sorts of things already exist! From the trademark info it says: "Providing multiple-user access to a global computer information network; providing on-line chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users in the field of general interest; providing on-line communications links which transfer the web site user to other local and global web pages; providing on-line facilities for real-time interaction with other computer users concerning topics of general interest"

I FEEL LIKE THIS ALREADY EXISTS EVERYWHERE ON THE INTERNET BUT OK~

TBH I just want JKR to give me more info about MWPP era characters and then I will forever be satisfied.

One of the registrations also mentions educational materials and things of that nature.

COLORED PENCILS!?!??!

Trufax! As someone who just submitted trademark paperwork and knows several other people in the same industry (my industry, not J.K. Rowling's), the general rule of thumb is to make the description as general as possible because if you make it too narrow and then want to widen your scope later, you're screwed and you have to file again. Since the process can take 6-12 months for approval, it's better to just make it generic.

The USPTO also has lots of pre-written descriptions that you can choose from and some of those list a ton of things. It's slightly less expensive (I think it's either $50 or $75 less) if you use the pre-written descriptions too so sometimes people choose those even if not everything applies to what they're doing.

To put it in more specific terms, let's say you wanted to trademark a name for a dance studio. If you filed the trademark application to say you teach dance classes, then you're covered for pretty much any dance classes. But if you file a trademark application that says you're teaching ballet classes and then next year you decide to teach a tap class too, that tap class is NOT covered under the trademark so you have to file to add that.

It's kind of funny that I was like waaaaaah, $550 to file for one category for my trademark and since J.K. Rowling obviously has no concern about that, filing for SEVEN categories (which each cost $550) is probably less than the amount of cash she uses to wipe her ass with on a daily basis.

SO EXCITED!!!

OMG