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| A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by Estello(op): 6:30am On Aug 14 |
A company SHAKE N GO is under fire for Trademarking “ YORUBA “ There's a current trend going on amongst non-Yorubas that if you advertise in Yoruba, sing or talk about Yorubas your product sells out, your video trends and your music sells Other non-Africans have now joined in
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| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by otipoju(m): 6:36am On Aug 14*. Modified: 11:12am On Aug 14 |
Na so some stupid people go copyright some of my church hymns. Hymns wey dem no compose and dem don dey sing before dem born dem 24 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by immortalcrown(m): 6:41am On Aug 14 |
There will be no war as the trademark was not done by another tribe from Nigeria. 40 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by PepeXKermit: 7:02am On Aug 14*. Modified: 8:01am On Aug 15 |
Watch low self esteem nigerians rejoice to this news.. 9 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by happney65: 7:05am On Aug 14 |
Aha Like some people would say "Yoruba people wants to take over the US o. Aha America R.o..nu ooo ."  8 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by anonimi: 7:07am On Aug 14 |
No be today wey senior boys start to dey chance small boys. Are we no longer having the most extreme poverty paupers and out of school children? How do we compare with America on economic and military strength  Did Tinubu not invite them to bomb innocent northerners as collateral damage in the search for Muslim terrorists accused of Christian genocide, since the master strategist of balablu bulaba propaganda politics has no clue how to govern? 3 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by mycar: 7:09am On Aug 14 |
I don't that is true, just a gimmick to promote the company 6 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by madridguy(m): 7:12am On Aug 14 |
Another good news to give some people headaches. 13 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by Stephen0mozzy: 7:12am On Aug 14 |
PepeXKermit:Lol... You took the words out of my mouth. But if na their fellow Nigerians from any other region do this one now, the internet will be boiling 😂😂 Meanwhile, I think the company is just plain ignorant, you don't tradmark the identity of a people. Irrespective of the geographical distance - a research would have informed them thus. 5 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by helinues: 7:13am On Aug 14 |
Adding Yoruba to whatever you are doing is a plus in marketing. 30 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by esnbrutality: 7:13am On Aug 14 |
If na IGBO person do am.. Thread for don reach 12 pages. 20 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by Goodday90(m): 7:16am On Aug 14*. Modified: 10:12am On Aug 14 |
They should have first taken permission from the people who own the language the name was Gotten from That’s the Fulani people 4 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by femi4: 7:19am On Aug 14 |
When they claimed that they discovered River Niger...una no talk, it was documented as part of history till date 6 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by 7upnigeria: 7:27am On Aug 14 |
anonimi:Better go and do brain check up. Wetin concern you with Yoruba? 17 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by 7upnigeria: 7:28am On Aug 14 |
anonimi:Better go and do brain check up. Wetin concern you with Yoruba? We are not talking about drug trafficking or fake products here. 12 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by PDPdestroyer(m): 7:31am On Aug 14 |
Obidients will be very sad with this development 23 Likes
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| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by Jamie248: 7:34am On Aug 14 |
They didn't spell it right: Ya riba 1 Like |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by SonOfWords(m): 7:35am On Aug 14 |
anonimi:Why are you always talking off-point  ? 8 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by SonOfWords(m): 7:38am On Aug 14 |
PDPdestroyer:When them say go school, una go say school na scam😭. So to you, it is now a positive development that someone in a distant country has trademarked the name of your tribe? Chai! 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by PulaPower: 7:40am On Aug 14 |
The New York company is not any under fire.. They’re doing well and making money.. 8 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by callmeDDD: 7:42am On Aug 14 |
E3 anonimi:You are always bitter from morning until night. Is everything ok in your life? Do you need help? Are you running on debts that is caused by this present government? What is the correlation of what you said and the topic? 7 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by PulaPower: 7:43am On Aug 14 |
SonOfWords:No, it’s actually a negative development.. Positive development is when they get arrested in India for drugs. According to Radio Biafra, this is the meaning of Positive development in the east.. 7 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by Dalohad: 7:45am On Aug 14 |
happney65:You don't even understand the deal.. Someone took what belongs to over 30 million yorubas (including you) and put in his/her pocket in America, yet you are rejoicing and jumping up for joy. . I thought you people were the most intelligent species in Nigeria? If I go to the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Trademark ™️ the name United States of America, or Donald Trump, what do you think would happen? 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by Purosangue: 7:48am On Aug 14 |
esnbrutality:because we don't like omo nna, and no apologies  7 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by callmeDDD: 7:49am On Aug 14 |
Stephen0mozzy:@ the bolded . They are very very ignorant. They will never succeed in any court of law if they sue another person that used it as part of their brand. 1 Like |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by Truths9ja: 7:51am On Aug 14 |
Yorubas are everywhere dominating all over the world 7 Likes |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by Hezmatosky210: 7:54am On Aug 14 |
There's a hotel in my place called New Jersey. Will Americans see it and be rejoicing over it? What a shall minded fellow this OP is  Yours faithfully  |
| Re: A New York Based Company Trademarks "Yoruba" In The US by SonOfWords(m): 7:54am On Aug 14 |
Truths9ja:Look at diswan😭! God abeg o! May none of my kinsmen walk around with this sort of brain. 1 Like |
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