FBI: Motorcycle Gang Trademarked Logo to Keep Narcs at Bay

[tengrrl]

Here's a fun story for you to consider:
FBI: Motorcycle Gang Trademarked Logo to Keep Narcs at Bay
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/narcs-at-bay/

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The Vagos Motocrycle Club, which the Federal Bureau of Investigation
has declared an outlaw motorcycle gang, has trademarked its jacket
patch, replete with the trademark registration symbol, “in an effort
to prevent law enforcement agencies from inserting undercover officers
into their organization,” according to an FBI memo that surfaced on
Tuesday.
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Clever criminals :)

Traci Gardner
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