in our Spotlight on Business Report a fourth generation Jersey Shore restaurant owner has a message for NBA star LeBron James and the fast food giant Taco Bell bring it 1600 tacos we sold in one day Mr LeBron James let's see you never scored that many points in your life Gregory's restaurant received a New Jersey trademark for quote Taco Tuesday in 1982 a Wyoming Taco chain called Taco John's owns it for the rest of the country but in 2019 LeBron James tried to trademark Taco Tuesday himself but failed now Taco Bell is paying King James to help them quote Liberate the phrase Taco Tuesday and they filed a petition against Gregory with the U.S patent office it's a David and Goliath on steroids here with uh and it's funny that LeBron wanted to wanted to trademark Taco Tuesday and that was a big deal made all the papers LeBron James wants to be Taco Tuesday now that is trademark he doesn't want anybody else to have it didn't that seem a little odd and and the other question is he's awful busy worrying about tacos wasn't he on a basketball team a little while ago according to a statement from Taco Bell quote Taco Tuesday is a common phrase nobody should have exclusive rights but if the phrase is liberated will LeBron or Taco Bell attempt to copyright the term for their own marketing purposes it's unclear and NJ Spotlight news reached out to LeBron James via Twitter but didn't immediately receive the response support for the business report provided by the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey working for economic Prosperity by uniting business and Community leaders for 150 years membership and event information online at chamber snj.com [Music] thank you