Is the happy face symbol :) turned 90 degrees clockwise, trademarked
in the US? What about in other countries? If yes please provide the
details.

Thank you.

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Clarification of Question by uzzz-ga on 20 Apr 2005 10:04 PDT

FYI:

http://www.cnn.com/US/9807/07/fringe.smiley.face.off/

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Clarification of Question by uzzz-ga on 20 Apr 2005 10:07 PDT

Specifically my interest lies not with the "smiley face" within a
circle but the two dots and an arc turned 90 degrees clockwise.

Thanks

Uzzz

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2001/nf20010423_785.htm

the smiley face was never trademarked, but the frowny face was

"In the past five years, the U.S. Patent & Trademark 
Office has received 24 emoticon-related applications, 
many of which are still pending.

 - Claire's Boutiques Inc., based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois,
   trademarked the original smiley-face emoticon for use in jewelry.

 - Instructions.com, based in Ambler, Pennsylvania, hopes to 
   trademark the expression 'service with a :-)' for the use in 
   online retail.

 - Deerfield Communications Inc., from Gaylor Michigan, wants 
   to trademark "personal service with a :-)" for online 
   customer-service programs relating to software.

 - MCI Communications has registered to trademark 'Is this a 
   great time, or what? :-)' for telecom services."

http://www.mail-archive.com/aikenstrivia@topica.com/msg00238.html

Thanks to both of you for your comments!

Regardzzz

Uzzz