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Does Trump Own The Phrase “You’re Fired?”
I was watching the Apprentice last nite, and got to thinking about his trademark phrase, "You're Fired". And then I seemed to recall that he actually owns that phrase, so I did some digging. The Donald DID indeed try several years ago to trademark that phrase for games, but the US Patent Office, according to contactmusic.com, said no.
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There was another game already out there called "You're Hired" and they thought that there would be too much confusion over that. There was also a pottery shop in Chicago called "You're Fired", and felt that "to me it's a livelihood, to him it's a slogan".
So I guess we're allowed to use the term freely. I just hope your boss doesn't use it too freely.
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