Toymaker Says Trademark Fight Has Public Interest Implications for Skydance/Paramount

Discovery exchanges in a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office proceeding show a pattern of behavior by Paramount Global that has to be considered in any review of Skydance Media's proposed purchase of Paramount, Mack Toys said Wednesday (docket 25-95). The toy putty and slime maker has opposed the deal, citing Paramount's refusal to let Mack use the word "slime" --- which Paramount has trademarked -- in advertising (see 2502060068). Mack said Paramount not producing requested evidence as part of the trademark fight has "profound implications for the public interest."