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Quick question for someone who has only an inkling of an idea what they're doing. I'm about to self-publish a book with the subtitle "The Ongoing Story of the World's Greatest Esport." I recently heard that "Esport" has been trademarked by a South Korean company called GOMTV (or GOM-TV). However, I did a trademark search on uspto and found no such trademark. I found a handful of similar live trademarks and about a dozen more dead ones, but no live ones for "esport" (or "e-sport") alone in the way that I am using it (in reference to the competitive video game scene). Furthermore, I think I'm okay using it within a subtitle to refer to the subject matter of the book, even if its use is covered by trademark.
My questions are these: 1. Is there such a live, registered trademark, and I'm just missing it? 2. Whatever the answer to (1) may be, am I safe to use this term in my subtitle?
Thank you.
Quick question for someone who has only an inkling of an idea what they're doing. I'm about to self-publish a book with the subtitle "The Ongoing Story of the World's Greatest Esport." I recently heard that "Esport" has been trademarked by a South Korean company called GOMTV (or GOM-TV). However, I did a trademark search on uspto and found no such trademark. I found a handful of similar live trademarks and about a dozen more dead ones, but no live ones for "esport" (or "e-sport") alone in the way that I am using it (in reference to the competitive video game scene). Furthermore, I think I'm okay using it within a subtitle to refer to the subject matter of the book, even if its use is covered by trademark.
My questions are these: 1. Is there such a live, registered trademark, and I'm just missing it? 2. Whatever the answer to (1) may be, am I safe to use this term in my subtitle?
Thank you.