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Pho Restaurant drops trademark on 'pho' after TikTok outrage

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Pho Restaurant filed a request to surrender its trademark on the word "pho" in the UK this week .

The UK Intellectual Property Office confirmed the news two days after TikTok creator iamyenlikethemoney said Pho Holdings Ltd. had filed to surrender their trademark.

The controversy was first brought to TikTok users' attention via one of her videos, which has 2.7 million views.