Gary Vaynerchuck Trademarks
January 20, 2021
Gary Vaynerchuk is a self-made entrepreneur who has created and co-founded a number of successful brands and is currently the chairman of communications company VaynerX, and the CEO of its subsidiary VaynerMedia, both registered trademarks.
Vaynerchuk was born in 1975 in Babruysk, Belarius, part of the USSR at the time. When he was 3, he and his family immigrated to the United States. He lived in Queens, New York with 8 family members in a studio apartment at first, but the family later relocated to Edison, New Jersey.
He calls himself a “purebred entrepreneur” as he started his business ventures at the young age of 7, with a string of lemonade stands. He worked his way up to selling baseball cards and toys, which earned him thousands of dollars. That changed when his father roped him into working for his business, Shoppers Discount Liquors, at the age of 14, where he bagged ice for $2 an hour. Although reluctant at first, he soon realized that people collected wine in much the same way as baseball cards. He continued working for his father’s liquor store on the weekends while away at Mount Ida College in Newton, MA. While there, he learned about the newly created internet and realized it had a lot of sales potential.
Upon graduating from college in 1988, Vaynerchuk convinced his dad to rename the store Wine Library and start a website for it called winelibrary.com. In just 5 years, he grew sales from $3 million to $60 million annually in 2003. In 2006, he started a YouTube channel called Wine Library TV, a webcast critiquing wines, launching his career as a media personality. His popularity grew and news of his show spread. After an appearance on Conan O’Brien, he gained national recognition and started to invite well known public figures like Wayne Gretzky on the show.
As his fame grew, Vaynerchuk started to get to know multiple CEOs and investors which led to his start as an angel investor in the early development of companies such as Twitter, Facebook, Uber and Venmo, among others. He also started to cultivate his status as a highly desirable motivational speaker and gave his first keynote address at the Web 2.0 expo in 2008, leading to appearances at major tech events. He also started writing books and to date has 5 NYT best sellers to his credit.
In 2009, after ending his Wine Library webcast after over 1,000 episodes, Vaynerchuk and his brother A.J. launched their now famous brand VaynerMedia and registered it as a trademark. The purpose of the agency was to help large brands and corporations tell their story on social and digital media. Because they secured clients like the NHL and New York Jets (one of his life goals is to someday own the team), they were able to grow quickly and now represent multiple Fortune 500 Companies.
In 2014, he launched a new show called The #AskGaryVee Show. His persona, GaryVee, is also now one of his trademarks. On the show, he responds to questions from his followers on Instagram and Twitter, mostly about entrepreneurship, business and family. To date he has over 2.3 million followers and is considered by many to be a business mentor and has built a brand around his carefully cultivated public persona.
Around that same time, he co-founded the registered trademark restaurant reservation app Resy, which he sold to American Express in 2019.
His newest brand, VaynerSports, was launched in 2016, and according to their website, “set out to create an offering that featured great contract advisory, superior service, innovative marketing & endorsements, and mentorship in the world of business, branding, social media, investing & sports.”
He recently applied for registered trademarks for VaynerSports, VaynerFootball, VaynerBaseball, VaynerESports, and VaynerGaming in an effort to represent athletics from a wide spectrum of sports and games.
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IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S Talent agency services for athletes; business management consulting; strategic marketing analysis services; publicity consulting; branding services, namely, consulting, development, management of brands for others; business management consultancy and advisory services in the field of professional sports; business management consultancy provided to professional athletes; strategic advertising consultancy services in the field of integrated marketing communication programs for third parties. FIRST USE: 20200701. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20200701.
IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S Talent agency services for athletes; business management consulting; strategic marketing analysis services; publicity consulting; branding services, namely, consulting, development, management of brands for others; business management consultancy and advisory services in the field of professional sports; management consultancy provided to professional athletes; strategic consultancy services in the field of integrated marketing communication programs for third parties.
IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S Talent agency services for athletes; business management consulting; strategic marketing analysis services; publicity consulting; branding services, namely, consulting, development, management of brands for others; business management consultancy and advisory services in the field of professional sports; business management consultancy provided to professional athletes; strategic advertising consultancy services in the field of integrated marketing communication programs for third parties. FIRST USE: 20200701. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20200701.
IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S Talent agency services for athletes; business management consulting; strategic marketing analysis services; publicity consulting; branding services, namely, consulting, development, management of brands for others; business management consultancy and advisory services in the field of professional sports; business and brand management consultancy provided to professional athletes; strategic business and brand consultancy services in the field of integrated marketing communication programs for third parties. FIRST USE: 20160601. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20160601.
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IC 025. US 022 039. G & S Beanies; Hats; Hoodies; Shirts; Tank-tops; Vests; Cap visors; Long-sleeved shirts; Sweat shirts; T-shirts. FIRST USE: 20170101. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20170101.
IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S Advertising agency services; public relations and marketing services, namely, promoting and marketing the goods and services of others through public communication means; business consulting for brand imagery; business consulting for social media strategy; business consulting for digital marketing strategy, including social media; production of advertising material for others; post-production editing services for video, audio and digital commercials; media advice, namely, business and marketing advice in the field of advertising media strategy and planning, use of social media, integrated media, and telemarketing channels, brand activation, and in media buying and digital asset management in the field of marketing and advertising for businesses relating to design, development, project management, research and marketing; media planning and buying services, namely, consulting and advising on the appropriate media to advertise in, and purchasing media time and space; placing advertisements for others; advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid services. FIRST USE: 20170517. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20170517.
IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S Advertising agency services; public relations and marketing services, namely, promoting and marketing the goods and services of others through public communication means; business consulting for brand imagery; business consulting for social media strategy; business consulting for digital marketing strategy, including social media; production of advertising material for others; post-production editing services for video, audio and digital commercials; media advice, namely, business and marketing advice in the field of advertising media strategy and planning, use of social media, integrated media, and telemarketing channels, brand activation, and in media buying and digital asset management in the field of marketing and advertising for businesses relating to design, development, project management, research and marketing; media planning and buying services, namely, consulting and advising on the appropriate media to advertise in, and purchasing media time and space; placing advertisements for others; advisory and consultancy services relating to all the aforesaid services. FIRST USE: 20170517. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20170517.
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