Elderwood TRADEMARKED the Hexagonal Dice Box - Can we help OPPOSE?

Chris Taylor Jr. received various copyright and trademark-based takedown notices from Elderwood Academy for his 3D Printed Model of a Hex Dice Box he posted on Thingiverse.

We intend to help Chris fight the trademark registration and keep Hex Dice Boxes available to everyone who wants to make one.

GoFundMe link for more info and to donate!


After some research, we've discovered that Elderwood Academy has been GRANTED a trademark on a hexagonal dice box as shown below (and without further branding or design).
Elderwood Academy's Trademark Application can be found here:


Generally speaking, Patent law protects product designs and Trademark law protects branding. Trademark law usually can't be used to protect the "functions" of a product. Last, you usually can't trademark basic shapes (like a hexagon and diamond). We at Lawful Masses (and licensed Attorney Leonard French, Esq.) believe that this is a weak trademark that is ripe for Opposition. 

The trademark application has been granted and published to the Federal Register specifically for Opposition. We have 30 days from Dec 10th, 2019, to file an Opposition to the full Registration of the mark.

Please see the GoFundMe we've set up for more information and to donate!


If you would like to directly donate to Chris Taylor Jr., his GoFundMe from his involuntary one-way move across the US by School Bus is here:

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