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List of trademarks in Pact/Pale. I'm using the term "trademark" loosely.

Organizations are included if their name would have some sort of legally recognized standing. Informal groups and so forth are listed at Groups and Organizations. Books related to the Practice are excluded but are listed at List of Books.

Symbols used: ⚓ (exists IRL), 🔄 (expy), ✨ (fictional).

Checked up to Mala Fide 10.3.

Organizations

Government services

  • ✨ Jacob’s Bell Police Department - municipal police service
    • IRL name: N/A (fictional)
    • First appears: Pact: Conviction 5.1<ref>The local police are referenced many times earlier in Pact, but Conviction 5.1 is the first time that the police service is explicitly named.</ref>
  • ⚓ RCMP - federal police service
    • IRL name: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
    • First appears: Pact: Bonds 1.4
  • ⚓ Toronto Emergency Services<ref>Technically not an organization per se, but rather a joint initiative of the Fire Services, Paramedic Services, Police Services and the Office of Emergency Management.</ref> - municipal emergency service
    • IRL name: Toronto Emergency Services
    • First appears: Pact: Collateral 4.8
  • ⚓ Toronto PD - municipal police service
    • IRL name: Toronto Police Service<ref>The police force in Toronto was called the "Toronto Police Department" from its founding in 1834 until 1957, when it merged with other neighbouring police forces to form the "Metropolitan Toronto Police Force". Today, the organization is called the "Toronto Police Service" or "TPS".</ref>
    • First appears: Pact: Collateral 4.12

Education

  • ✨ St. Sebastian’s - high school in Jacob's Bell
    • IRL name: N/A (fictional)
    • First appears: Pact: Signature 8.1

Non-profit

  • ⚓ AA - addiction recovery program
    • IRL name: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
    • First appears: Pact: Subordination 6.2
  • ✨ Hamm's Shelter - homeless shelter in Toronto
    • IRL name: N/A (fictional) (?)
    • First appears: Pact: Null 9.4

Professional services

  • ✨ Mann, Levinn, and Lewis - law firm
    • IRL name: N/A (fictional)
    • First appears: Pact: Damages 2.3
  • ✨ T.O. Plow - snowplow company
    • IRL name: N/A (fictional)
    • First appears: Pact: Void 7.x

Manufacturing

  • ⚓ BMW - car manufacturer (or the cars made by them)
    • IRL name: Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW)
    • First appears: Pact: Collateral 4.3
  • ⚓ Ugg - footwear manufacturer
    • IRL name: UGG
    • First appears: Pact: Bonds 1.4

Retail

Department stores

  • ⚓ Canadian Tire - department store
    • IRL name: Canadian Tire
    • First appears: Pact: Conviction 5.5

Restaurants

  • ✨ Bell Pizza - pizzeria
    • IRL name: N/A (fictional)
    • First appears: Pact: Bonds 1.5

Entertainment

Resorts and theme parks

  • ⚓ Disneyland
    • IRL name: Disneyland Resort
    • First appears: Pact: Void 7.7
  • ⚓ Euro-Disney
    • IRL name: Disneyland Paris<ref>The theme park formerly known as Euro-Disney was renamed to Disneyland Paris in 1994.</ref>
    • First appears: Pact: Void 7.7

Bands and performers

  • ⚓ Madonna<ref name=":1" /> - stage name of Madonna Louise Ciccone
    • IRL name: Madonna
    • First appears: Pact: Signature 8.1
  • ⚓ Natalie Portman (referenced)<ref name=":1" /> - stage name of Natalie Portman<ref>I don't know whether Natalie legally changed her surname name from Hershlag to Portman, but the fact that another actor named Natalie Portman would need to use a different name professionally means that it counts for this list as far as I'm concerned.</ref>
    • IRL name: Natalie Portman
    • First appears: Pact: Signature 8.1
  • ⚓ Olsen Twins (referenced)<ref name=":1">“You could call me anything you wanted-” “Even Madonna?  No, that’s not nearly creative enough.  The Olsen Triplet?  Fatalie Shortman?”</ref> - (unofficial?) stage name of Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen
    • IRL name: Olsen twins
    • First appears: Pact: Signature 8.1

Products

Health

  • ⚓ Aspirin<ref name=":2" /> - acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), originally manufactured by Bayer
    • IRL name: Aspirin
    • First appears: Pact: Void 7.1

Food

  • ⚓ Coke<ref name=":2">Often used as a generic term</ref> - carbonated beverage manufactured by Coca-Cola
    • IRL name: Coca-Cola or Coke
    • First appears: Pact: Conviction 5.2
  • ⚓ Cheerios - cereal manufactured by General Mills
    • IRL name: Cheerios
    • First appears: Pact: Null 9.1
  • ⚓ Kool-Aid - beverage manufactured by Kraft Heinz
    • IRL name: Kool-Aid
    • First appears: Pact: Null 9.4
  • ⚓ Rice Krispies - cereal manufactured by Kellogg's
    • IRL name: Rice Krispies
    • First appears: Pact: Null 9.1

Games

  • See under Creative Works

Other

  • ⚓ WD-40 - degreaser product
    • IRL name: WD-40
    • First appears: Pact: Signature 8.5

Creative works

Literature

  • ⚓ Batman - character appearing in several comic book series (as well as many adaptations)
    • IRL name: Batman
    • First appears: Pact: Void 7.1
  • ⚓ Beauty and the Beast - fairy tale by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, best known via its numerous adaptations
    • IRL name: La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast)
    • First appears: Pact: Null 9.1
  • ⚓ Jabberwocky - poem, from the book Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
    • IRL name: Jabberwocky
    • First appears: Pact: Breach 3.1
  • ⚓ The Lord of the Rings (referenced)<ref name=":0">“Sometimes all you need is someone to tell you you’re doing the right thing, or the wrong thing.  To bounce ideas off of.  That’s the way it is in the books.  The Watson, the Sam, the Friday, the Horatio.” Note: Sherlock Holmes is referenced by name earlier in Pact.</ref><ref>The whole setup, including the vaguely rounded pile of snow above the building, struck me as being a kind of high tech hobbit hole. - Void 7.10</ref>
    • IRL name: The Lord of the Rings
    • First appears: Pact: Subordination 6.x
  • ⚓ Robinson Crusoe (referenced)<ref name=":0" />
    • IRL name: Robinson Crusoe
    • First appears: Pact: Subordination 6.x
  • ⚓ Sherlock Holmes - series of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
    • IRL name: Sherlock Holmes<ref name=":3">Technically this is the name of the character, not the series - the series itself has no official title.</ref>
    • First appears: Pact: Conviction 5.x
  • ⚓ Through the Looking-Glass (referenced)<ref>The poem "Jabberwocky" is mentioned in Breach 3.1; and the characters Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum are referenced in Mala Fide 10.3.</ref> - novel by Lewis Carroll; sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
    • IRL name: Through the Looking-Glass (full title: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There)
    • First appears: Pact: Breach 3.1
  • ⚓ The Wizard of Oz- novel by L. Frank Baum (note: text is probably referencing the film adaptation - see below)
    • IRL name: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    • First appears: Pact: Collateral 4.3

Theatre

  • ⚓ Hamlet (referenced)<ref name=":0" /> - play by Willian Shakespeare
    • IRL name: Hamlet (full title: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark)
    • First appears: Pact: Subordination 6.x
  • ⚓ Macbeth - play by Willian Shakespeare
    • IRL name: Macbeth (full title: The Tragedy of Macbeth)
    • First appears: Pact: Collateral 4.4
  • ⚓ Romeo and Juliet - play by Willian Shakespeare
    • IRL name: Romeo and Juliet
    • First appears: Pact: Damages 2.6

Film/TV

  • ⚓ Bambi - 1942 Disney animated film, based on a novel by Felix Salten
    • IRL name: Bambi
    • First appears: Pact: Collateral 4.8
  • ⚓ Batman - character appearing in several films and TV shows, based on comic books
    • IRL name: Batman
    • First appears: Pact: Void 7.1
  • ⚓ Beauty and the Beast - 1991 Disney animated film, based on a fairy tale by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve (note: the text does not specify whether it refers to this particular film adaptation, but it is the most popular adaptation of this work)
    • IRL name: Beauty and the Beast
    • First appears: Pact: Null 9.1
  • ⚓ Fargo - 1996 film by the Coen brothers
    • IRL name: Fargo
    • First appears: Pact: Breach 3.5
  • ⚓ James Bond' (referenced)<ref>“You’re telling me the universe encourages being the Bond villain?”</ref> -
    • IRL name: James Bond<ref name=":3" />
    • First appears: Pact: Void 7.1
  • ⚓ The Seventh Seal - 1957 film by Ingmar Bergman
    • IRL name: Det sjunde inseglet (The Seventh Seal)
    • First appears: Pact: Subordination 6.4
  • ⚓ The Wizard of Oz - 1939 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland, based on a novel by L. Frank Baum
    • IRL name: The Wizard of Oz
    • First appears: Pact: Collateral 4.3

Games

Board games

  • ⚓ Monopoly - board game, currently owned by Hasbro
    • IRL name: Monopoly
    • First appears: Pact: Subordination 6.1
  • ⚓ Ouija<ref name=":2" /> - board game by Hasbro, often used as a mystic tool
    • IRL name: Ouija
    • First appears: Pact: Conviction 5.2

Tabletop RPGs

  • ⚓ Dungeons and Dragons - tabletop RPG by Wizards of the Coast
    • IRL name: Dungeons & Dragons
    • First appears: Pact: Conviction 5.2
  • ⚓ Weaver Dice - tabletop RPG created by Wildbow
    • IRL name: Weaverdice, WeaverDice, or Weaver Dice
    • First appears: Pact: Conviction 5.2

Video games

  • ✨ Salv - video game
    • IRL name: N/A (fictional) (?)
    • First appears: Pact: Void 7.8
  • ⚓ Tetris - puzzle video game owned by The Tetris Company
    • IRL name: Tetris
    • First appears: Pact: Void 7.8

Other games

  • ⚓ Foosball<ref name=":2" /> - tabletop football game registered by Lawrence Patterson in 1962
    • IRL name: FOOSBALL MATCH
    • First appears: Pact: Breach 3.3
  • ⚓ Frisbee<ref name=":2" /> - flying disc manufactured by Wham-O
    • IRL name: Frisbee
    • First appears: Pact: Subordination 6.8

Honourable mentions

  • The University - unnamed university in Toronto where Isadora works; it is never named, and could be an expy of any of the universities in Toronto (or entirely fictional)
  • Corn Flakes - usually refers to the Kellogg's cereal, but the term has never been trademarked

Notes

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