Tarzan yell Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Trademark == The sound itself is a registered [[trademark]] and [[service mark]], owned by [[Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.]]<ref name="RegTM-toys">{{cite web |url=http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4810:336wx5.2.29 |title=the sound of the famous Tarzan yell |author=Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. |date=December 15, 1998 |publisher=USPTO}}</ref><ref name="RegTM-slots">{{cite web |url=http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4810:336wx5.2.16 |title=the sound of the famous Tarzan yell |author=Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. |date=August 31, 2010 |publisher=USPTO }}</ref><ref name=RegTM-online>{{cite web |url=http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4810:336wx5.2.10 |title=the sound of the famous Tarzan yell |author=Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. |date=January 7, 2014 |publisher=USPTO}}</ref> {{quote|'''Registration Numbers:''' 2210506; 3841800; 4462890.<br />'''Registration Dates:''' December 15, 1998; August 31, 2010; January 7, 2014.<br />'''Description of Mark:''' The mark consists of the sound of the famous ''Tarzan'' yell. The mark is a yell consisting of a series of approximately ten sounds, alternating between the chest and [[falsetto]] registers of the voice, as follow - # a semi-long sound in the chest register, # a short sound up an interval of one octave plus a fifth from the preceding sound, # a short sound down a Major 3rd from the preceding sound, # a short sound up a Major 3rd from the preceding sound, # a long sound down one octave plus a Major 3rd from the preceding sound, # a short sound up one octave from the preceding sound, # a short sound up a Major 3rd from the preceding sound, # a short sound down a Major 3rd from the preceding sound, # a short sound up a Major 3rd from the preceding sound, # a long sound down an octave plus a fifth from the preceding sound.}} Recognition of the trademark's registration within the [[European Union]] is uncertain. In late 2007, the [[Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market]] (OHIM) determined that attempts by ERB, Inc. to maintain such trademark must fail legally, reasoning that "[w]hat has been filed as a graphic representation is from the outset not capable of serving as a graphic representation of the applied-for sound ... The examiner was therefore correct to refuse the attribution of a filing date."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tarzan yell must be written in music for trade mark registration |url=https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/tarzan-yell-must-be-written-in-music-for-trade-mark-registration |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=Pinsent Masons |language=en-GB}}</ref> Regardless, the trademark registration was updated in 2010 (to include slot machines)<ref name="RegTM-slots" /> and 2014 (to include online use).<ref name="RegTM-online" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page