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February 3, 2004

Who Has the Trademark on "Craven Corporate Punk Move?"



A Different Light reports on Marvel and DC's efforts to bully the rest of world out of using the term "superhero", which they evidently trademarked decades ago. The thread provides a very informative discussion, including a post by comic book legend Neil Gaiman.

It also introduced me to this page, which lets you look up the trademark info for any word or phrase. Hours of fun for a geek like me. Searching for "hip-hop" brings up 65 results, including all sorts of oddities:


HIP-HOP BURGER
HIP-HOP SANTA
HIP-HOP ARCHITECTURE INC.
THE OFFICIAL CONDOM OF THE HIP-HOP KULTURE
MISS HIP-HOP AMERICA
HIP-HOP NATION
THE TEMPLE OF HIP-HOP (does not belong to KRS One)

Most of those are lapsed at the moment, so if you've been longing to start a hip-hop fast food chain, now's your chance!



Posted by jsmooth995 at February 3, 2004 2:14 AM






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