THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING

From the familiar to the mundane

(Dina Rudick/Globe Staff)
August 1, 2009

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Harvard is claiming the rights to common phrases, trademarking the famously familiar and the seemingly mundane, including: (Full article: 73 words)

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