Here's Everything You Need To Know About The "Hot Girls Read" Trademark Drama, AKA The Scandal That Has Set #BookTok Completely Aflame

BookTok tin beryllium a amusive and magical broadside of the Internet —especially erstwhile you’ve recovered that peculiar publication that ignites your emotion for speechmaking — but it’s besides intolerable to scroll acold without encountering a tasty spot of drama. This is societal media, aft all, wherever there’s ne'er unanimous agreement, but readers from crossed the Internet agreed successful choler erstwhile a tiny bookish concern made an unexpected and unwelcome decision.

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On June 3, Allie Mitrovich, the 26-year-old proprietor and laminitis of Allie Rose Co., announced successful a ‘celebratory’ Instagram Story and station (which person since been deleted, screenshotted, and re-shared online) that she secured the trademark for the fashionable operation "Hot Girls Read."

“This is celebratory ofc ofc ofc,” the IG story read, “but I besides privation to (very mildly with bid and love!!!!) accidental that I officially person the trademark for blistery girls work successful the pursuing categories:

— bookmarks

— stickers

— notebookcovers/book covers

— notepads 

— sweatshirts

— t-shirts

— hooded sweatshirts"

She besides asked different tiny businesses to region the operation from products, writing, “I’ve seen HGR connected tons of items from different businesses that travel maine truthful if that is you delight region those listings from ur tract arsenic soon arsenic imaginable 💛with emotion !!!!”

Although galore items successful Allie’s online store incorporate this phrase, she did not make it. "Hot Girls Read" became trendy wrong Instagram and TikTok publication communities aft Megan Thee Stallion’s "Hot Girl" aesthetic swept the Internet astir 2019, though Threads idiosyncratic @tatumcoi adjacent tracked down posts utilizing the operation arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2009.

However, things took a large crook erstwhile readers and small-business owners crossed societal media learned astir the trademark.

Safe to say, radical were not happy, and the reactions were downright brutal: "Trademarking 'Hot Girls Read' erstwhile you’re not adjacent blistery is insane. Lmaoooooo."

Others rapidly realized however this concern would end: "Somewhere successful North Carolina determination is simply a random miss named Allie staring astatine a country afloat of inventory for her Hot Girls Read merch motorboat (ya know, to celebrate) present realizing it won’t merchantability and she’s retired a boatload of money. I emotion this for her."

"Congrats to that miss who officially trademarked Hot Girls Read," BookToker @chloe_palmieri said successful a TikTok video. "You've officially sunk your business. Your full people assemblage and each of your consumers person turned against you."

Just a fewer days later, connected June 8, Allie announced she would surrender the trademark.

“I’m truthful atrocious to each tiny concern that I harmed successful doing this,” she said. “The determination was made much arsenic a concern strategy determination than a quality being decision. And I instrumentality afloat accountability for that. That was wholly incorrect connected my end. I perceive you, and I instrumentality that connected the chin 100%.”

Allie explained successful the apology video that each income from "Hot Girls Read" items successful her store would payment 2 charities. She besides denied sending Etsy messages and cease-and-desist letters asking different sellers to halt selling "Hot Girls Read" items.

Naturally, the video’s comments were conscionable arsenic ruthless arsenic erstwhile reactions crossed BookTok. Many commenters similar @foreverly_bree felt Allie's apology was little than genuine: She's surrendering the trademark due to the fact that idiosyncratic filed a petition to CHALLENGE IT. Not due to the fact that she was being accountable."

Others agreed, guessing that the video was much of an appeasement than a genuine apology: "This was the astir 'here, damn!' video if determination ever was one..."

Online publication communities person astir unanimously agreed not to forgive and forget: "I'm holding a grudge similar 50 Cent!"

So that's that. What are your thoughts connected the "Hot Girls Read" trademark drama? Was Allie successful the wrong, oregon conscionable a bold entrepreneur? Let america cognize successful the comments below!