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The one dollar lawsuit between Patagonia and Pattie Gonia | Commercial Awareness Compass #77
If you’ve been browsing TikTok lately you might have been wondering why everyone is suddenly worried about South American mountains, a clothing company and a drag queen. This isn’t the set up to a bad joke, but rather a high-profile trademark battle between clothing giant Patagonia and drag artist Pattie Gonia over $1 and name rights.
On their side, Patagonia claim they are only doing this to protect their trademark so it can be defended in future. Meanwhile Pattie argues they are trying to bury them in legal fees and aren’t as ethical as they claim.
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