“If you’re planning on opening up some sort of business in Russia anytime soon, be sure to avoid winking at your users. One Russian entrepreneur claims to own the trademark to 
and wants to charge business owners “tens of thousands of dollars” to license it.”
trademark claim makes us go :-o and then >:-](;-) trademark claim makes us go :-o and then >:-[ | Ars Technica)
There is a company which already has trademarked the 
Despair, Inc.
people always find ways of trying to profit off of others works and creations, lol. I find it amazing how many companies try to use things native to my country in their businesses, etc. A couple of countries have tried to do adverts with the haka in, some try to slap kiwi on their products. heck there was even a brand of cigrates name maori.
Lets patent broken limbs. Then break his limbs and demand he pays up.