Contrary to Reports, Katy Perry’s ‘Left Shark'-Related Filings Not Killed

May 1, 2015, 4:00 AM UTC
  • Development: News media have been reporting that Katy Perry has been handed a loss by the PTO in her attempt to register trademarks related to the Super Bowl “Left Shark” viral phenomenon, but a practitioner says that this is misleading.

The reports of Katy Perry’s defeat at the hands of a federal trademark examiner are premature, according to a trademark practitioner who spoke with Bloomberg BNA on April 28.

A range of news outlets reported over the past week that an attempt by the pop music superstar to register a trademark related to her meme-generating Super Bowl halftime performance had ...

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