had trademarked

• past perfect

  past perfect

  Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.

  of trademark.
  trademark

  noun

  any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate specific goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A trademark is proprietary and is usually registered with the Patent and Trademark Office to assure its exclusive use by its owner or licensee.

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had trademarked

Speaking to the Times last week, Bruce said: he had trademarked the format himself many years ago.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023

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

While he had trademarked his watch and registered his brand, Dead End Survival, with Amazon, Harris hadn’t trademarked the name of his Amazon seller account, SharpSurvival.

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

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