Word: trademark
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...After that, two arrangements for using commercial kitchens eventually fell apart before she entered into her current agreement with Louise's Bakery in Baltimore. But probably her biggest mistake was not to have an attorney from the get-go. Allen had no idea that the name she attempted to trademark for her business--Chocolate Goddess Brownies & Sweets, a paean to the persona Allen adopts to give chocolate demonstrations--was already taken. Now she has an attorney who has helped her apply to use the name Silver Goddess Brownies & Sweets to operate her business, launched a month ago, in Maryland...
...their current (and, he says, permanent) sound. Wallach’s discovery of lost 1950’s recordings of British soul—what Wallach terms an “organic rock precursor to the Beatles”—inspired the band’s trademark “gentleman rock.” And although they want to keep this gentlemanly image intact through an impeccable fashion sense—they’d rather never make it than be caught performing without suits on—they say they’re careful...
They then set about creating an image for their new name. Though dressed in a Lacoste sweater, Merrell slip-ons and his trademark sweatband, Wallach endorses E-Bay as the source of his Saville Row suits. Despite a seemingly high-priced aesthetic, the group explains that “You can only hate a gentleman who looks down on you.” Consequently, they strive to be as inclusive as possible with their music. “We don’t intend to alienate any anti-gentleman types,” Wallach says. “The same...
...himself as a “dance hall reggae artist,” not to be confused with many crossover reggae artists currently dominating the charts (he’s quick to define himself as “not Sean Paul-ish”), while Owusu-Kesse describes his trademark as his “cool, smooth deliverance.” Terry’s niche is an animated delivery of what Deleon describes as the “most controversial [of the group]—the perfect cross between black consciousness and black comedy.” Similarly...
Henry Sy runs the Philippines' largest retailer, but he operates his SM Group almost as if it were a family-owned corner greengrocery. Each week Sy (estimated net worth: $1.4 billion), sporting his trademark Hawaiian shirt, gathers his six children at the company's warehouse-style offices near Manila's waterfront, where they oversee nearly every aspect of the business. On Saturdays family members fan out to conduct firsthand inspections of their SM malls, department stores and supermarkets. On Sundays Sy, 80, insists that the family meet yet again, either at his $2 million luxury log cabin in the lush...