see something, say something stamps

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On Sat, Aug 17, 2013, at 06:30 PM, Parker Higgins wrote:
> Not copyright, but "See something, say something" is a registered
> trademark of the New York City MTA, sub-licensed (with permission for
> additional sub-licenses) to the Department of Homeland Security
> explicitly for use in anti-terrorism campaigns.

How the hell can they trademark something that generic?

Would the NYC MTA really sue for trademark infringement in a case like
this? Seems to me it would be asking for loads of bad PR. (And
unfortunately, should I travel to NYC I don't have many other reasonable
choices for transportation...)

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  Shawn K. Quinn
  skquinn at rushpost.com