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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by skywhopper on Thursday July 09, 2020 @07:56PM (#23786652)
True for trademarks since by definition it’s a claim on some unique usage of a word or mark. Not the case (anymore, as of 1976) for copyright, at least in the US.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by pininja on Friday July 10, 2020 @01:00PM (#23793586)
The lone “Standard Oil” gas station in San Francisco is good example of Chevron holding onto a unique usage of that trademark.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/standard-oil-gas-station

EDIT: they have one each in 16 states, so not exactly “lone”

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