Is Nintendo Duck Hunting without a license?

According to some Matlocking done by Destructoid C-blogger MaxVest, Nintendo’s grasp on the Duck Hunt trademark may be in some serious jeopardy in the not so distant future. That is, taking into consideration that a successful appeal isn’t made to overturn the US Patent Office’s recent move to block Nintendo from re-registering the Duck Hunt trademark.
According to the Gods of trademark law, a legal loophole exists which states that one can only stake claim to a trademark for a certain period of time, and that goods must be sold under that name. In the case of Duck Hunt, Nintendo let the original patent simmer a bit too long — the last and only renewal was in 1992. But it gets better. Nintendo tried once again to renew what is rightfully theirs a few months later, and were struck down on the grounds that the name is a generic "descriptive" term, and beyond the bounds of ownership. One can only imagine […]

Original post by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) and software by Elliott Back