"“I knew if I successfully trademarked ‘freedom of expression,’ I could use it as a way of starting conversations,” he said. “The very contradiction of someone being able to own, control, police the phrase piques people’s curiosity. I don’t even need to be there to lecture as to how these laws are being used. All it takes is for someone to say, ‘Did you hear about the guy who trademarked ‘freedom of expression?’ “That sentence alone is educational (in that) we live in a world where (you can do that).”" - laura x from Bookmarklet

"“I didn’t file the paperwork I should have filed five years into (the trademark’s) lifetime, so I haven’t owned it since 2004,” he said. “The legal terminology states that it’s either live or … it’s dead, and my administrative incompetence resulted in a funny situation because there’s a U.S. government website that says, ‘Freedom of expression is dead.’ “It couldn’t have ended more perfectly.”" - laura x