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If you don't enforce your trademarks, you lose them. Unless Marshall is giving up on his legal ownership of "Slim Shady" he legally must do something.
False. Stop regurging the bullshit.
This is such a easily discounted, lazy take I'm going to assume you're just trolling. But just in case:
https://aaronhall.com/the-use-it-or-lose-it-doctrine-in-trademarks/
https://generisonline.com/understanding-the-implications-of-the-united-states-use-it-or-lose-it-principle-in-trademark-law/
https://www.morse.law/news/trademarks-use-them-properly-or-lose-them/
https://thetrademarkfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Ziebarth-v-Del-Taco-LLC-TTAB-Cancellation-920535011.pdf
And for further context, not the first time he's had to defend it. https://marksgray.com/intellectual-property-law/the-real-slim-shady-trademark/