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Related: About this forumDisney drops bid to trademark Day of Dead name
SANTA ANA, California (AP) -- Disney has dropped an effort to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" holiday celebrated by millions in Mexico and the U.S.
The company announced Tuesday that it was withdrawing a trademark request it made on May 1 to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The application prompted online criticism and petitions.
"What were they thinking?" Genevieve Barrios Southgate, director of community programs at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, told the Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/ZFGuq5 ).
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Disney drops bid to trademark Day of Dead name (Original Post)
AsahinaKimi
May 2013
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krispos42
(49,445 posts)1. Hmmm... Disney thinks too small
Christmas®
TxDemChem
(1,924 posts)2. Xmas was just what I was thinking
WTF Disney?
MADem
(135,425 posts)3. Why didn't they go after "Christmas" or "Chanukah" or "Eid al Fetr?"
Nervy bastards.