"Dormant" Harwell Firm Holds Toy Trademarks

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

The company that Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell says is dormant and has no assets or liabilities has applied for eight trademarks over the past nine years and three of them remain active.
Records at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show the trademarks were issued to Legacy One, Inc., the company that has listed Harwell as an officer and director for the last eight years. The company was incorporated in 2007.
When Harwell was asked recently why she did not disclose her involvement with the company in her annual financial disclosure reports to the state Ethics Commission, her press secretary issued a one sentence response stating that "Legacy One, Inc. has been a dormant corporation with no assets, liabilities, revenue or expenses."
Despite that claim federal trademark records show the corporation began filing trademark applications in 2007 and has continued to do so with the latest, "Legion of Warriors," filed on Sept. 16, 2014.
The trademarks coincide with some products of Big Time Toys, a Nashville firm headed by the speaker's husband, Samuel Harwell. Samuel Harwell is also listed as an officer and director of Legacy One, Inc.
Beth Harwell's spokeswoman, Kara Owen, referred questions about the trademarks to the company. Samuel Harwell did not respond to questions emailed to him at Big Time Toys.
"Wacky Wall Walkers" was filed as a trademark by Legacy One on June 6, 2007. Records show it was "abandoned" on March 18, 2008. According to the patent office website, trademarks are classified as abandoned when the holder fails to provide required updates.
"Yak Bak" was filed as a trademark on Feb. 23, 2013 and was granted an extension on March 17, 2015 and is still active.
Another "live" filing, records show, is "Starting Lineup," filed Jan. 1, 2014.
Other abandoned trademarks filed by Legacy One, Inc. include "Mood Girls," "Warp Whammers," "Silly Sand," and "SuperElasticBubblePlastic."
Owen, the speaker's spokeswoman did say in a brief email response to questions that Legacy One, Inc. has no interest in real estate properties including a recent series of Nashville transactions by Legacy One Partnership, which, court records show, is headed by Samuel Harwell.
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