Groupon has indeed filed several trademark applications for the Gnome name, e.g., http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:uz6tu6.2.11 http://tm

Groupon has indeed filed several trademark applications for the Gnome name, e.g., http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:uz6tu6.2.11 http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:uz6... What is the purported scam?