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Balance Ball

Exercise ball, Swiss ball, stability ball, fitness ball, physio ball, physical therapy ball, yoga ball, Pilates ball, gym ball, workout ball, core ball, or countless other variations. No matter what generic name you call it, you have undoubtedly encountered them at gyms around the world, including the Balance Ball brand exercise brand. Let’s take a look!

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Porsche Boxster Configuration

In the early 1990s, Porsche was running on fumes due to a poor economy and high production costs. The solution that save the company arrived in 1996 (as a 1997 model) as the Porsche Boxster, a modern, agile roadster priced below the 911 and aimed at a younger audience.

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Porsche

The PORSCHE® brand’s story begins in 1931, when engineer Ferdinand Porsche founded Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche GmbH in Stuttgart, Germany, originally offering design and consulting services for the automotive industry.

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Storm Bowling Ball Scent

Many different smells might come to mind when you think of a bowling alley, some good, but mostly bad. If the bowling ball smelled like mint, you may have encountered a Storm bowling ball bearing the Storm Bowling Ball scent mark – one of the few scent trademark registrations!

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Sharpie Marker Configuration

Consistency has been a hallmark of the Sharpie brand over the last 60+ years. Since the beginning in 1964, Sharpie permanent markers have also maintained a remarkable consistency in appearance. Today, the configuration of Sharpie brand permanent markers is a registered non-traditional trademark.

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Sharpie

In 1964, Sanford launched what would become a massive, breakthrough product: the SHARPIE® Fine Point black marker, the first pen-style permanent marker able to write on virtually any surface: glass, stone, wood, metal, plastic, you name it.

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Las Vegas Aces

Congratulations to the Las Vegas Aces for advancing to the 2025 WNBA® Finals! The Las Vegas Aces franchise traces its beginnings all the way back to the founding of the WNBA, when it was formed as the Utah Starzz, one of the WNBA’s eight original teams.

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Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury was one of the eight original WNBA franchises when the league debuted in 1997. Phoenix captured its first WNBA title in 2007 (beating Detroit), then added championships in 2009 (over Indiana) and 2014 (over Chicago).

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Taylor Swift

Congratulations to Taylor Swift on the upcoming release of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, on October 3, 2025. To celebrate, you guessed it, let’s take a look at her trademark portfolio, starting with the TAYLOR SWIFT word mark!

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Ticonderoga Pencil

Almost everyone remembers sharpening a bright yellow pencil with a green-and-yellow ferrule and pink eraser during their school days. That classroom staple was the TICONDEROGA®, a pencil so iconic its look has become as recognizable as its name.

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Lions Club International Logo

Lions Clubs International is a global service organization founded in 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago businessman Melvin Jones had a simple but powerful idea: what if business leaders used their talents not just to get ahead, but to serve their communities?

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