The Pirate Bay Trademark Handed To Alcohol Entrepreneur (torrentfreak.com)

For reasons I can't clearly explain, it seems oddly fitting to see the site's trademark spirited away like this.

I'm not sure if I'm more upset at him for asking, or the government for granting. When someone is already using the name, you shouldn't be able to register it out from under them.

Trademarks are assigned against classes of business. I think it's unlikely that the pirate bay torrent service would have ever been able to obtain a trademark in the food and beverage trademark class. This sounds like a non-story to me.

Wonderful. Now to get it product-placed in Hollywood Movies.

Doesn't the usage of the Pirate Bay logo still constitute copyright infringement, though?

This story just oozes irony.

Good advertising for TPB, as long as they don't get sued for using their own trademark and logo.

pirate bay probably doesn't care...or already approved this...since I doubt someone would go and use someone else's logo for an actual business without asking first.

This is just PR rubbish. The trademark application was refused after being opposed by two other alcohol brands. The record is here http://esearch.oami.europa.eu/copla/trademark/data/008431702