Only in America: A breastaurant by any other name

A restaurant not named Hooters successfully trademarks the term "breastaurant" — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation

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A breastaurant by any other name
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Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill, a Texas-based chain restaurant, has successfully trademarked the word "breastaurant." In response to the news, competitor Hooters took the high road, claiming that "breastaurants is a moniker too shallow to define Hooters."

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Samantha Rollins
Samantha Rollins

Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.