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Shady opportunists and rip-off artists try to trademark “Occupy Los Angeles,” “Occupy LA” and the word “Occupy” in California…

occupylosangeles.org -- A man named Jeffrey Pierce Henderson on November 22, 2011, filed a registration to try to claim the words "Occupy Los Angeles" as his own. He is claiming the trademark as the name of a political organization. In other words, he is claiming he owns Occupy Los Angeles the org. THIS IS THE category he has used: Goods and Services IC 035. US 100 101 102. G & S: Political action committee services, namely, promoting the interests of Occupy Los Angeles in the field of politics