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Should Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Trademark her Name?

  A lot of celebrities have applied for trademark protection for their names or the names of their children. The reason they do this is to prevent people from using their names for commercial or nefarious purposes. It is not easy to get a trademark for your name unless you are going to use it in business, and unless you can show that your name is so unique that people associate it specifically with you as a personality or celebrity or something like that. The good thing about trademarking your name, if you can get it, is that it prevents people from profiting by using your name in a nefarious manner. You just sue them for trademark infringement. So, for example, a lot of those hashtags that are so insulting, demeaning, and toxic towards Meghan might rightfully be asked to be taken down, if she has a trademark for the name MEGHAN MARKLE or MEGHAN DUCHESS OF SUSSEX.  Now, the fact that the latter is a title given to her by a British monarch (and one that can be taken away from her) might