<p>#Roommates, a young black businessman who goes by the name of Curtis Bordenave, wants to trademark the N-word. Does he have a good shot of getting approved? Well, that&#8217;s another story! </p>
<p>According to USA Today, Curtis Bordenave submitted an application to the U.S Patent and Trademark Office seeking the commercial use of the word &#8220;ni***.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We plan on dictating the future of how we define this word. A young, black businessman from Mississippi has acquired the rights to the word. I think that’s a great ending to that story&#8221; Bordenave said. </p>
<p>Bordenave&#8217;s bold move to submit his trademark application comes at a favorable moment. Reports surfaced last month that the Supreme Court has decided the federal government could not ban trademarks of degrading words and symbols. </p>
<p>Bordenave tried to also trademark a similar word back in 2008, but was denied. However, Bordenave&#8217;s come back game was pretty strong this time around as reports also say the purpose of his commercial use of the N-word &#8220;covers a broad range of product possibilities: clothing, games, accessories, fragrances, charitable fundraising, humor and comedic performances, television show production, bumper stickers, campaign buttons, and mobile apps.&#8221; </p>
<p>So far, there are six trademark applications for &#8220;n***&#8221; in the system. However, patent attorney Michael Williams states there is a very little chance applications like these will get approved. &#8220;The thing is, while you may see a large number of people trademarking offensive language, in my opinion, I think it&#8217;s going to be tougher to have trademarks granted,&#8221; Williams said. &#8220;There are certain words that are generic and impossible to obtain a trademark for. My guess is, absent of it being something like a group name or product that you’re selling, it is going to be very difficult for someone to go and trademark that particular slur, generally speaking.&#8221;</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope he can beat the odds and get this trademark roommates! </p>
<p>Source- http://www.complex.com/life/2017/07/mississippi-man-wants-to-trademark-n-word</p>
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