While some folks might think trademarks can be a little scary, I know that they can also be a little fun.

10-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpgG&S: Processed cereal-based food to be used as a 10-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpgbreakfast food, snack food or ingredient for making other foods.Serial (no pun intended) 85120586 and 85120583
G & S: Beer.10-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpgSerial: 86110135Yes – a stumbling disheveled guy is your image for beer – why didn’t this get rejected as merely descriptive?
G & S: Books in the field of children’s literature.10-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpgSerial: 86271191Whenever I put my child to bed, I always like to talk about monsters too – keeps her quiet when I tell her how she will get eaten-up if she asks for a glass of water.
10-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpgG & S: Parlour games.Serial: 86222077What the heck is a Haint you ask?  Well I had to look it up too – God bless American entrepreneurship.http://www.haintinabox.com/
G&S: Magazines featuring women modeling in horror-themed pictorials for entertainment purposes.10-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpgSerial: 86506372And Playboy decided to get out of the nudie business – perhaps they just weren’t putting enough dripping blood on them?
10-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpgG & S: Clothing, namely, short and long sleeve t-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, baseball hats, and beanies.Serial: 85803000My first reaction was “How did this get by Major League Baseball??”, then I noticed that they have filed a pending cancellation action (http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qs=85803000)
10-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpg86446861G & S: Sporting Goods, namely, skateboards.AAARRGGHHH – Happy Face Vampire
8639254210-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpgG & S: Repair of computers, cell phones, and tablets.I can live with that.  Sometimes my computer feels a little brain dead.
8639600210-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpgG & S: Firearms.I particularly like the description on this one.  “The mark consists of a vampire skull with bullet hole.”   Don’t they know it take stake to the heart – zombies need to be shot in the head.

See How to Kill A Vampire (http://www.gods-and-monsters.com/how-to-kill-a-vampire.html)

8633194410-Trademarks-Just-in-Time-for-Halloween-.jpgG & S: LED (light emitting diode) lighting fixtures.Really?  Shouldn’t the light be used for killing Vampires (see above)