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  • Kung fu monks fight for trademark (Shaolin)

    09/28/2002 7:38:57 AM PDT · by Moose4 · 17 replies · 402+ views
    Washington Times ^ | 28 September 2002 | Ted Anthony, AP
    <p>BEIJING — Don't mess with the monks. The monks of the Shaolin Temple want the world to back off a little. And they're hardly the sort of monks you want to agitate.</p> <p>With the claw of international commerce at its door, the Buddhist temple with the martial-arts tradition made famous by dozens of kung fu movies is fighting back — and not with its hands and feet — to safeguard the Shaolin trademark from opportunistic marketers.</p>