Back in January, Donald Trump explicitly denied this in a tweet, resorting to his trademark all-caps style of communication.
The Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC), founded by Marshall Rosenberg, has trademarked the terms NVC, Nonviolent Communication and Compassionate Communication, among other terms, for clarity and branding purposes.
All the trademarks were intended to cover "an employee communication program via transmission of messages among computer users, namely, an online electronic forum for knowledge sharing, idea generation, creative problem solving and collaboration".
However, communication from, and a number of trademark applications by Night Dive Studios, a publisher specializing in re-releasing classic video games, have prompted some to assume that a possible re-release is coming soon,.
She imagines future generations of VR pioneers in the form of her trademark glossy alien characters, including implications of our dependence on technology for communication.
The speed of Internet communication and heightened competition to claim and establish brands have drastically changed trademark tactics over the years.
Instant communication, aggressive business tactics and an unsettled legal environment, they say, mean that trademark disputes on the Internet will increase in number and intensity.
Although renaming a subway station or bridge or tunnel may seem harmless, there are subtle but important effects, said Siva Vaidhyanathan, an assistant professor of culture and communication at New York University, who has written about the cultural impact of trademarks.
The Container Store, for instance, has a trademarked set of guidelines for its 6,000 employees called Foundation Principles, which includes a section titled "Communication IS Leadership".
Susan Dench is the founder and president of The Connectworks Academy, a training, development and advisory firm which uses her trademarked system to help organizations who want to accelerate the advancement of a diversified workforce engage employees through communication and personal connections.
