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Bill Belichick and girlfriend Jordon Hudson shared a moment on the field ahead of North Carolina's opener vs. TCU.
Things continue to get even uglier between the New England Patriots and their longtime former head coach, Bill Belichick. Earlier this week, Belichick made headlines with his gossipy remark on “not being welcomed” in Foxboro. Then current head coach Mike Vrabel fired back, pointing to the fact that the former HC has been back on numerous occasions.
The latest entry to the saga follows his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, and her attempt to clear some Bill Belichick puns for merchandising.
“The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has refused four trademark applications filed by North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick and his companion, Jordon Hudson, saying the phrases they attempted to trademark would cause a ‘likelihood of confusion’ with previously filed ones,” reports Michael Rothstein for ESPN.
The trademarks denied read as followed: “Do Your Job (Bill’s Version),” “Ignore the Noise (Bill’s Version),” “The Belestrator (Bill’s Version)” and “No Days Off (Bill’s Version).”
All four of these phrases are owned by Robert Kraft and the Patriots’ organization.
“It was very obvious that the USPTO would refuse these applications from the start,” said trademark attorney Josh Gerben of the firm Gerben IP, as reported by Rothstein. “They’re too similar. Like, I can’t say I’m going to make ‘Nike shoes (Josh’s version).’ Once somebody has a trademark registered on a name or a phrase, you’re not able to just simply add something to it and get it registered.”
Jordon Hudson Trying To Rip Off Taylor Swift
If you are the typical Patriots fan, you may be confused on Belichick’s 24-year-old girlfriend’s obsession with adding “Bill’s Version” at the end of everything.
This is a nod to Taylor Swift and her successful campaign to retake the ownership rights of her music. Swift’s master recordings were sold to a media mogul by her former record label without her consent. In an attempt to regain ownership of her music, she re-recorded her albums with the same songs but under the title “Taylor’s Version”.
Essentially, and stop me if I’m reading between the lines a little too much here, but essentially Hudson is saying that she and Bill have been wronged by the Patriots’ organization.
Of course, it is not uncommon for people our age (Jordon and I that is) to use the term “___’s Version” after Taylor Swift’s very famous dispute. However, it is impossible to separate the context of trying to reclaim copyrights from a former employer.
This reads as an obvious dig from a Belichick team that has not stopped talking about the Patriots’ organization since the split.