Italian Briatore has already stated his intention to turn QPR into a world wide brand.

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To do that, Capellas says Compaq will slap its well-known brand name on a wide range of products: from portable organizers to the Himalaya servers that power AOL's e-mail system to products still in development that will blur the lines between computers and electronic appliances like cell phones and stereos.

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This is the hero, the device chosen to lead the charge for Samsung as it ventures deeper into 2013, and it's fitted with the best of everything: a 1080p Super AMOLED display, 1.9GHz quad-core (or 1.6GHz Exynos 5 Octa 5410, depending on market) chipset, Android 4.2, 13MP camera and a wide assortment of brand-new firmware amenities, to name just a few.

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London says he worked hard to brand himself, making his round sunglasses and wide-brimmed hat a trademark.

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And in the current system of nearly 300 top-level domain names, brand owners must monitor, register, and enforce their trademarks across a wide spectrum of online real estate.

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The company, which started out focusing on women but now has a wide range of sites, also has more than 1, 000 brand advertisers and more than 85 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S. and more than 200 million worldwide.

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Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a branded play company providing children and families around the world with a wide-range of immersive entertainment offerings based on the Company's world class brand portfolio.

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It has succeeded, in spades, because of the wide variety of quality, brand-name content it offers from trusted sources in a clean package with a great user experience.

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