Claiming The Invention of The Hula Hoop Is Like Claiming To Have Invented The Circle

Obviously, the “invention” of the Hula Hoop is totally different from the invention of the hoop. There is historical evidence that hooping as a dance art is at least 1300 years old, and that is just the date when it was first noted in England.

Trademarking, on the other hand, is a modern concept and the trademarking of the term “Hula Hoop” and the making of what we now consider the modern version of this ancient object dates back to 1948.

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