You Can't Make This Stuff Up: OWS Wants Trademark Protection
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Free Markets
The anti-capitalist crusaders of Occupy Wall Street want capitalist protections for their capitalist ventures:
In an application dated October 24, the unincorporated association “Occupy Wall Street” applied for the trademark to “Occupy Wall Street.” The trademark application says the group would like to use the phrase on merchandise such as clothing and bags, in periodicals and newsletters, and on a website featuring “photographic, audio, video and prose presentations” about the Occupy movement.
The Occupy group has been screen-printing t-shirts and other items in Zuccotti Park, and plans to continue doing so once it has trademark protection, according to a representative.
I’ll just let that one sink in.