Shark Bait - Episode 805
Shark Tank Season 8's, Episode 5 featured Parker Maple, Safe Grabs, Sandilake Clothing, and Silidog. The episode aired on October 21, 2016.
Parker Maple
Josh Parker, an 18 year-old entrepreneur, offers a line of products made from maple syrup. One particularly innovative product is Parker's Maple Cotton Candy. The question is whether he can build a brand that can stand out against all of the other maple syrup producers.
Parker Maple Farms, LLC filed their first trademark application (USSN 87/188,405) on September 29, 2016 for the goods Maple Butter. The mark consists of the word "Parker's" in golden-beige stylized script above the words "maple" and "butter" in black standard characters above an inverted golden-beige fanciful maple leaf design, the stem of the maple leaf being a downward continuation, between the word "maple" and the word "butter," of the vertical portion of th letter "k" in the word "Parker's. This was selected as the first trademark filing because this product is on-sale at Costco.
No sharks picked up Parker but encouraged Josh to continue forging ahead with the business.
Safe Grabs
Entrepreneur Cyndi Lee rebranded her product from Micro Easy Grab to Safe Grabs. She's been in the market with Micro Easy Grab since 2013 and filed her trademark application for Safe Grabs on October 6, 2016. She also has Patent Pending marked on her package and states this is for the design and shape of the silicon tray. Lori will now partner with her to get her into Bed, Bath and Beyond and other retailers.
Her trademarks:
US Trademark Application USSN 87/190,921 for SAFE GRABS
US Trademark Reg. No. 4,539,428 for MICRO EASY GRAB
SandiLake Clothing
Entrepreneur Melissa Lay filed her trademark application for SandiLake Clothing on October 7, 2016 (See USSN 87/196,275). She also appears to bring unique graphics to her clothing which have copyright protection associated with it.
The company has a good idea - dog tags that don't jingle. This product is made of durable colorful silicon and is ready for the market.
The SiliDog trademark (U.S. Reg. No. 4,557,447) is protecting the product. New trademark applications include SILENT IDENTIFICATION, USSN 86/057,088 and GET SILI, USSN 86/057,110. Unfortunately, trademark will protect the brand but won't prevent another company from entering the market.
If the company would like to further protect the product, a patent or patent pending could provide some deterrence to another wanting to enter a similar product.