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    1. “ Okay. 'We continued operating. Then we had a trademark for Groupon. That trademark extended to England. We contact him and say, 'Hey, you can launch that thing, but you can't use the name Groupon because we have a trademark on it. ”
      In The Story Of Groupon: From Failure To An Industry-Changing, Profit Machine – with Andrew Mason
    2. “ Why did Groupon buy a fake company? ”
      In The Story Of Groupon: From Failure To An Industry-Changing, Profit Machine – with Andrew Mason
    3. “ I know Groupon. I'm about to interview the guy. I'll give my email address. ”
      In The Story Of Groupon: From Failure To An Industry-Changing, Profit Machine – with Andrew Mason

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