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[โ€“] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 33 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] cogman@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago

You can eventually trademark once you get big enough. As with all things law it's a bit tricky. However, the default is that geographic locations aren't trademarkable.

For further reading on when you can trademark.

https://www.yospinlaw.com/2016/06/15/trademark-on-a-geographical-location