Episode
No Such Thing As A Ghost In Blue Jeans
In 2012, a local baker called Mary's Cakes and Pastries in Alabama received a cease and desist letter from the University of Alabama for using their A. Turns out the university trademarked the letter A.
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The Home Office in the UK denied a seven-year-old boy a passport when his family applied for it on his behalf because he was named Loki Skywalker Mowbray. They said, Skywalker is copyrighted.
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The US Patent Office hadn't trademarked itself until three years ago. It's been around since 1802, and it was having a serious problem because scammers kept on pretending to be the US Patent Office. Eventually a…
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Tower Hamlets in London has, by far, the most 105-year-olds in the country, and by far, the fewest 90-year-olds.
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