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bookworm65t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:37 AM
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Trump Seeks to Trademark 'You're Fired'
sorry if this is a dupe. LynneSin asked about litigious C Zeta Jones earlier, now here is another egomaniac for your reading pleasure (or barf-fest)

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/entertainment-odd-trump.html


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. fast food firm Wendy's asked diners ``Where's the beef?,'' and Nike commanded sports nuts to ``Just do it.'' Now Donald Trump is seeking to trademark another pithy phrase: ``You're fired!''

The real-estate mogul and reality TV star has filed a trademark application for the phrase, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Web site. <snip>
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:38 AM
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1. Great!
Can't wait for my boss to tell me that so I can have The Donald sue him for copyright infringement.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:39 AM
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2. That phrase is obviously public domain and he can go to hell
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 11:42 AM
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3. Hey! I own the copyright to "go to hell!"
See you in court, buddy! :hi:
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 12:00 PM
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4. He ought to trademark that hairdo!
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Ernesto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 12:17 PM
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6. How bout "Capt. Comb-over"(tm)
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AmericanErrorist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 12:12 PM
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5. It's quite simple
Edited on Fri Mar-19-04 12:14 PM by CocaCola58204
He used it first in the context of "Reality Television", so he want to make sure any imitators don't use this phrase.
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-19-04 12:42 PM
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7. He must watch fox news...
nt
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