The Trademark Takedown: A New Front Against Far Right Extremism In a corner of the internet where far right extremists try to circumvent German law, they use coded language on merchandise.
"Hitler" becomes "HTLR," and the swastika is reduced to "HKNKRZ.
" But activists with the campaign "Recht Gegen Rechts" (Rights Against the Right) have been registering these symbols as trademarks at the European trademark office, turning a clever move into law.