squatter

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Patent and Trademark Office, Tesla described its adversary as “a bad-faith trademark squatter, who started as a Tesla fan,” and described the French company’s attempt to trademark the Cybercab moniker as fraudulent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Animal control officers from Pasadena Humane confirmed that a bear was living under an Altadena house Sunday but could not be sure if the latest bear squatter was the same bruin from the earlier incident.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

Once upon a time, on June 15, 1859, 27-year-old Lyman Cutlar, a squatter on the island, discovered a pig pillaging his potatoes.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

In photographs taken before the windows had been further boarded up, a squatter could be seen sleeping on a sofa in the bar surrounded by litter, The Sun has reported.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2024

Tecumseh visited other nations, calling for unity in defiance of the squatter presence on their lands.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz