The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied Cardi B’s application to trademark the rapper’s quasi-catchphrase “Okurrr'
Cardi B’s lawyer filed the application in March, with the rapper hoping to use the phrase exclusively – either with three R’s, okurrr, or two, okurr – on a line of merchandise. The word means “okay,” but, to quote Carbi B, “OK is played out.”
However, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said Cardi B did not have ownership of or originate the word in“Okurrr” is a “commonplace term, message, or expression widely used by a variety of sources that merely conveys an ordinary, familiar, well-recognized concept or sentiment,” the U.S.
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