Drag queen Pattie Gonia asks apparel company Patagonia to drop trademark infringement lawsuit

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Drag queen and environmentalist Pattie Gonia asked the outdoor apparel company Patagonia to drop its trademark infringement lawsuit, saying it could lead to the erasure of the activist’s name and advocacy. Patagonia filed a federal lawsuit in January against Wyn Wiley, Pattie Gonia’s real name, in January. The company alleged that the drag queen had moved away from “discrete use of a persona to engage in activism” to a wide-ranging commercial enterprise when Wiley filed a trademark application