LogFAQs > #906294456

In my home state of Hawaii we have a dish called poke which is typically high grade raw fish (usually Ahi aka tuna) in a mixture of onions and shoyu (aka soy sauce) etc. and is incredibly popular throughout the state and has been making its way to the mainland for the past few years. And I'm sure everyone knows of the Hawaiian word "Aloha"

Well there is a company called the "Aloha Poke Co." which is trying to trademark the words "Aloha" and "Poke" and has sent cease and desist letters to the dozens of companies in Hawaii that use either of those words in their name. Oh and this business is also based in Chicago by some fucking haole (aka white guy). This is actual cultural appropriation where a white man far from Hawaii is trying to appropriate parts of Hawaiian culture and take legal ownership of them away from the place and people who actually came up with it. As you can imagine he is not the most popular person in Hawaii at the moment.

See this is far different than someone dressing up like a Native American or a white person wearing dreads or any of the other nonsense SJWs find time to cry about on Twitter. No this is legal action against a native people with the aim of taking legal ownership of part of their culture. They are actually legally appropriating someone else's culture for monetary gain. Its bullshit and actually something that needs to be taken seriously. Any thoughts? Here's a link if anyone wants to read up on the story:

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38770937/no-aloha-chicago-eatery-goes-after-poke-shops-for-trademark-infringement

Correction: or rather a clarification. They're not trying to trademark "aloha" and "poke" they're trying to trade mark "aloha poke"
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