Word: trademark
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...Beyond its trademark cola, Pepsi has 17 distinct brands, ranging from Lay's and Doritos to Cheetos and Quaker Foods, that each generate more than $1 billion a year in sales. That's a power portfolio by any measure. But this year has taken a big bite out of the company's profitability. Cost inflation of close to 10% in 2008 means each bag of chips has cost Pepsi more to produce, even as belt-tightening consumers resist paying more for their food. Earlier this year, skyrocketing prices for corn, rice, wheat, vegetable oils and other key ingredients further added...
...This is one of those cases where you look at it and say, ‘My goodness. They are blatantly infringing on Harvard’s trademark,’” said Rick Calixto, the director of the Harvard Trademark Program, which is responsible for disputes over licensing...
...video “Karaoke,” T-Pain shows us his true colors. And no, they don’t involve the swirling, digitized effects from his previous videos with Lil’ Wayne and Ludacris, or even the trademark carnivalesque top hat and Oakley shades he sports. Here, T-Pain is a pissed off hip-hop (ahem) star who is sick and tired of getting shit for using Auto-Tune. The insults in “Karaoke” just add up. First, Kanye West makes an appearance in the bathroom stall, and surprised, says...
...Obama's closing argument is still marked by his trademark reserve. As the crowds around him chant and cheer and pump their fists, Obama remains steadier than ever before. While he's always been calm, he has, over the last 20 months, acquired a self-assuredness, a confidence that he lacked during that long summer in 2007 when Hillary Clinton appeared to be the inevitable nominee and his speeches fell flat. This may feel like a Hollywood finish, but if Obama wins, he will very quickly come down to earth: America will return to the sobering reality of an economic...
...their brother. And the speeches are pure gravy: light on policy and full of Obama's greatest hits, from variations on his 2004 Democratic National Convention line "We are more than a collection of Red States and Blue States; we are the United States of America," to his trademark riff...