Disney pulls bid to trademark Bin Laden strike team
- Published: 26/05/2011 at 10:31 AM
- Online news: World
Disney said it had withdrawn a bid to trademark the term "Seal Team 6" for a TV show, after the US Navy scrambled to claim the name of commandos who killed Osama bin Laden.
This file illustration photo shows US Navy SEALS training on the deck of the aircraft carrier Enterprise. Disney said it had withdrawn a bid to trademark the term "Seal Team 6" for a TV show, after the US Navy scrambled to claim the name of commandos who killed Osama bin Laden.
The US entertainment giant made the trademark application following the raid by the elite strike team that killed bin Laden on May 2 in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad.
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