Branding Snowden: Chinese tech firm wants to trademark NSA leaker
A Beijing-based electric car technology company wants to use NSA-leaker Edward Snowden’s name as a brand for their new ‘secret technology’.
Electric car technology firm Hong Yuan Lan Xiang (HYLX) submitted an application to the Chinese authorities to register the “Snowden” trademark in both Chinese and English, manager Hefeng Zhu told the South China Morning Post.
“We are talking with China’s domestic carmakers, and we aim to launch cars equipped with our technology by the end of this year,” Zhu told the South China Morning Post in a telephone interview on Friday.
HYLX considers their new ‘top-secret’ technology to be as groundbreaking as Snowden’s leaks. Removable batteries, conversion from fuel to electric, and expedited charging are some of the new products the company is offering, Zhu said.
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