Katy Perry’s Trademark Application for “Left Shark” Denied by the USPTO
April 23rd, 2015
Katy Perry has had two trademark applications denied by the USPTO for her “Left Shark” whom was made famous during Super Bowl XLIX’s half-time performance. The applied for design marks were found by the examiner to only identify a particular character and the mark did not “function as a service mark to identify and distinguish applicant’s services from those of others.” Perry is still awaiting the USPTO’s decisions on her applications for “Basking shark”, “Left shark”, “Right shark”, and “Drunk shark”. These applications were soon filed after Perry’s debacle with Fernando Sosa, who sold 3D printed models of the left shark on Shapeways, an online marketplace.