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From: David Hume <David.Hume@example.com>
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Subject: Re: A Brooklyn Artist Trademarked The 'Pi' Symbol, And People Are Furious
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Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 09:57:52 +0100
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Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:

>   "In January 2014, a Brooklyn artist named Paul Ingrisano trademarked
>   the 3,000-year old mathematical symbol "\u03c0" followed by a period,
>   and is actively protecting his mark, Wired's Kevin Poulsen reports."
>


But the PI symbol is the greek letter pi. How can you trademark a
letter?