Perhaps, but to the extent that the author is calling Mr. Chun's credibility into question, it seems important to get this bit right. According to Wikipedia, [

Perhaps, but to the extent that the author is calling Mr. Chun's credibility into question, it seems important to get this bit right. According to Wikipedia, [1] it looks like he trademarked it, and held onto it for the next 20 years. It doesn't say what happened next, but apparently there is now a trademark for "the original aloha shirt since 1936" — very specific! [2] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_shirt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_shirt 2: https://trademarks.justia.com/868/27/the-original-aloha-shirt-since-86827465.html https://trademarks.justia.com/868/27/the-original-aloha-shir...