Posted on 10/25/2011 8:51:32 PM PDT by LesDowrey
A Long Island couple wants to trademark the slogan "Occupy Wall St." with the intent to sell sweatshirts, T-shirts, bumper stickers and hobo bags, among other merchandise. "I'm no marketing genius, but when you got something that's across 50 states, it's a brand now," said 44-year-old Robert Maresca of West Islip, New York. Maresca's wife, Diane, filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 18 and paid a fee of $975. The move has some Occupy Wall Street supporters perplexed. "The goal of OWS is not to become a profitable business," said Tyler Combelic, an Occupy Wall Street spokesman. "Anything that misconstrues it as such, such as trademarking for the sake of profiting, is missing the point of protest." But Robert Maresca sees things differently. "I'm the best person they could imagine buying the slogan, because no one has their interest more than myself," he said. "This is an important slogan; somebody else might have gotten a hold of it." A former union iron worker, Maresca is now a stay-at-home father of three after suffering a stroke and sustaining a work injury nine years ago. He said he became a supporter of Occupy Wall Street once the union began backing the cause.
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Wouldn’t that be Entrepreneurism? A capitalist thing? Something against all that the Occupiers are against?
Ha Ha just got through watching the History Channel they had a special on the history of Zombies - seems the best way to kill them is with a slug from a 12 Gage to the brain! LOL
Consumerism!
Shame! Shame!
WaterBoard the freaks.
Come on over here boy, have a cigar, you're gonna go far
You're gonna fly high, you're never gonna die
You're gonna make it if you try they're gonna love youWell I've always had a deep respect and I mean that most sincerely
But the band is just fantastic that is really what I think
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it 'Riding the Gravy Train'We're just knocked out we heard about the sell out
You gotta get an album out, you owe it to the people
We're so happy we can hardly countEverybody else is just green have you seen the chart?
It's a helluva start it could be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a teamAnd did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it 'Riding the Gravy Train', yeahAnd did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it 'Riding the Gravy Train'
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