cross-posted from: https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/post/435056
TLDR:
Information about the state of the teddy.com website over time as well as trademark information provides some clues about what Teddy may eventually become.
Snapshots of teddy.com taken from archive.org provide some interesting information about this website. It is not immediately clear from publicly available information precisely when Ryan Cohen came into possession of the teddy.com domain name.
From 2017 to February 20, 2020:
We are currently working on something awesome. Stay tuned! https://web.archive.org/web/20200220224756/http://www.teddy.com/
August 12, 2020
https://web.archive.org/web/20200812234331/https://teddy.com/ features teddy.com with a TM, Imagine the Possibilities, feature a toy product and a car seat product. The Buy Now buttons on each of these products points to a product page on Amazon.
October 1, 2020 to September 2022
https://web.archive.org/web/20201001193614/https://teddy.com/
For over 2 years, the website appeared in this form. It featured several products with a Buy Now! button for each that linked to an Amazon product page.
Featured products include toys, car seats, and baby goods.
November 19, 2022
teddy.com appears in it’s current incarnation, as a web store that sells children’s books written by Ryan Cohen.
TEDDY trademark information - Trademarks filed August 12, 2022
This post from r/BBBY provides some info about Teddy trademarks, filed on August 12, 2022 (which happens to be the same day that RC tweeted: “At least her cart is full 🌝”, a tweet which became the basis for a subsequent ongoing lawsuit)
https://uspto.report/TM/97546123
TEDDY® trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of sunglasses; Audio books in the field of children’s fiction and non-fiction; Audio books in the nature of novels; Cases for eyeglasses and sunglasses; Cases for mobile phones; Computer cases; Downloadable computer programs for video and computer games; Downloadable multimedia file containing artwork, text, audio, and video relating to children’s entertainment authenticated by non-fungible tokens (NFTs);
https://uspto.report/TM/97546330
TEDDY® trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of educational and entertainment services, namely, providing on-line interactive children’s stories; Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games; Entertainment services, namely, providing online video games; Providing on-line publications in the nature of news articles for children; Providing online non-downloadable visual and audio recordings featuring children’s entertainment.
https://uspto.report/TM/97546274
TEDDY® trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of downloadable digital art images, music, and videos authenticated by non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
https://uspto.report/TM/97546248
TEDDY® trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of puzzles; Children’s educational toys for developing fine motor, cognitive, counting, coordination spelling, and math skills skills; Home video game machines.
https://uspto.report/TM/97546219
TEDDY® trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of bandanas; Coats; Dresses; Footwear; Hats; Headbands; Leggings; Loungewear; Pants; Shirts; Shorts; Skirts; Sleepwear; Socks; Sweaters; Sweatshirts; Swimwear; T-shirts; Underwear; Caps being headwear; Wrist bands as clothing; Clothing jackets.
https://uspto.report/TM/97546181
TEDDY® trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of comforters; Throws; Towels; Bed blankets; Bed sheets; Duvet covers; Shower curtains; Textile tablecloths; Table napkins of textile.
https://uspto.report/TM/97546165
TEDDY® trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of cups; Dinnerware; Mugs; Vases; Beverage glassware; Figurines of china, crystal, earthenware, glass, porcelain, terra cotta; Travel mugs; Serving platters.
https://uspto.report/TM/97546136
TEDDY® trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of furniture; Pillows; Figurines of plaster, plastic, wax, wood; Mirrors; Picture frames.
Because the trademarks were filed in August 2022, during the 2 year period of time when the teddy.com website featured several different products for sale mimicking an online store, and that it wasn’t until November that the website changed into its current form, it is likely that the domain was in Ryan Cohen’s possession since at least the beginning of that 2 year period period.
RC had this planned for a looooong time