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"I wish he had trademarked it - I could easily fund all the films I want to make if he had."
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2020
Nicole Fan says she and her husband will try to fight the lawsuit and hang on to the Panda Libre name, which they had trademarked without problems.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2020
He had trademarked his wares and registered his brand with Amazon, giving him a streamlined method for booting hijackers off his listings.
From The Verge ● Dec. 19, 2018
The concessionaire had trademarked the image of Half Dome and even the phrase Yosemite National Park.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 25, 2017
The filing also disclosed that WeWork had paid Neumann nearly $6 million because he had trademarked the word “we.”
From Slate
