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Procter & Gamble bids to trademark LOL, WTF and other acronyms — The Guardian

By TechTaffy Desk

Procter & Gamble, the household products company, has applied to trademark acronyms common in textspeak including “LOL” and “WTF”, writes Nadia Khomami.

Here is the link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/24/procter-gamble-bids-to-trademark-lol-wtf-and-other-acronyms

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