Disney Trademarks 'Seal Team 6'

In a textbook example of how big media companies look to capitalize on current events, The Walt Disney Company has trademarked “Seal Team 6,” which also happens to be the name of the elite special forces team that killed Osama bin Laden.

The trademark applications were filed on May 3, two days after the operation that killed Bin Laden… and two days after “Seal Team 6”  was included in thousands of news articles and TV programs focusing on the operation.

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