Itâs official! Megan Thee Stallion can now collect her coinage every time anyone uses her famous phrase, âHot Girl Summer.â The rapperâs trademark battle has ended, leaving the Houston rapper victorious. That means, Forever 21, itâs time to stop banking on the Stallion by using her phrase in every summer advertisement.
The announcement was made by trademark attorney and founder of Gerben Intellectual Property, Josh Gerben, on Twitter.
âIt took Megan Thee Stallion 2+ years of wrangling with the UPTSO, but she is now the owner of a federal trademark registration for Hot Girl Summer,â Gerben wrote. âThe registration was just issued to [Megan the Stallion] on January 4. â
In an interview with Allure, the âHot Girlâ herself explained why she wanted to trademark her saying.
âI really didnât even know that it was gonna catch on how it did,â the Houston rapper said. âIt was just me talking s**t, telling everybody I was gonna be me for the summer, and they should be them too, like as free as they can be. When I saw Wendyâs and Forever 21 saying, âHey, are you having a Hot Girl??â I was like, âHell no, Forever 21, youâre going to have to pay me. But I just wanted to get it trademarked because itâs me. Itâs my thing.â
According to Gerben Law, Megan the Stallion filed multiple trademark applications for not just her âHot Girl Summerâ stage name but also for âHot Girl Megâ and âTina Snowâ under the rapperâs Hot Girl Trademark Holdings LLC.
âHot Girl Trademark Holdings also applied
for a trademark for âHOT GIRL SUMMERâ for use with a variety of goods and services, including temporary tattoo transfers, posters, and tour books, as well as for use with clothing items such as t-shirts, night shirts, and jackets,â a statement read.The push for the slogan trademark in 2019 initially received pushback because of how popular it was.
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