What’s a protest if you can’t make money off it? As has been widely reported, Robert and Diane Maresca have sought to trademark “Occupy Wall Street” so they can sell merchandise with the phrase. Hoping to fuel a trend, one Brad Delhover is also seeking to trademark “Occupy This” with a downward arrow — for sale on t-shirts. And finally OWS’s organizers have just filed their own trademark application.
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