Snooki’s name
Anyone who knows Jersey Shore knows Nicole Polizzi by her more popular nickname, Snooki. But that wasn’t enough for the reality TV star to get the moniker trademarked. Polizzi’s attempt was overruled in 2010 due to the fact that the name was already trademarked as “Snooky” in 2004 by the publishers of a kids’ book called Adventures of Snooky.