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Jim Jones Says He Trademarked His Viral Foot Tap, Leaving Internet Users Confused: ‘Can You Trademark Physical Movement?’

<p>Jim Jones has revealed his most recent financial move&period; The 46-year-old rapper recently stopped by Shade 45 for an interview with Superstar Jay&period; And shared that he trademarked his viral foot tap&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cmu6MbhNX6q" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Weatherman Jones<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Jones took to Instagram back in 2019&comma; during a brutal winter storm&comma; and gave a weather report that went viral&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Shit getting out of hand now&period; When n&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;s waking you up talking bout it’s a storm out here&period; Listen&comma; I’m only here to give y’all the weather before I go back to sleep&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It’s fucked up out here&period; Schools closed&comma; probation’s closed and the coroner’s closed&period; I shouldn’t even have to say no more&comma; n&ast;&ast;&ast;a&period; Stay your ass the fuck in house&comma; n&ast;&ast;&ast;a&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"BtydntahCri" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The rapper&&num;8217&semi;s intense foot tap couldn&&num;8217&semi;t help but be noticed by viewers&period; And&comma; of course&comma; added to the hilarity of the clip&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Dawggg &excl;&excl;&excl; The foot tap<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>That little tap😂😂😂😂<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>😭😭😭😭 Neurologist and the probation office being closed took me over 😂😂😂😂😂<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>From then on&comma; the 46-year-old would periodically take to his Instagram account to share weather reports with fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CCUPvvTDbPD" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Jones&&num;8217&semi; Trademark<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>During Jones&&num;8217&semi; interview at Shade 45&comma; he explained more about his decision to trademark the foot tap&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I trademarked the foot tap&period; I saw one of these companies doing that s&ast;&ast;t in their commercials and I had to &lbrack;say&rsqb;… &&num;8216&semi;Let me holla at you and show you what this trademark look like&&num;8217&semi;&&num;8230&semi; Before they have to pay you that type of money&comma; they do the right thing and acknowledge that you were outta pocket and things like that&comma; and hopefully&comma; they turn around and do business with you for the same reason they was using whatever properties you owned&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cmu4cTzsoia" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Internet Reacts<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Instagram users reacted to Jones&&num;8217&semi; revelation&comma; some in disbelief that one could trademark a physical action&period; While others denied the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s claim&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>So no one can tap their foot on video again&quest;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>odd flex but whatever 🙄<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Can you trademark physical movement&quest;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I call BS&period; You can&&num;8217&semi;t trademark an action like that and since the days of Charlie Chaplin that has been universal and recognized as a sing<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Announcing it is where he messed up&period; Should have kept it quiet and sue ppl or companies on the low&period; Now nobody will do that foot tap shit&period; 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