Trademarking the Flag

One of the jammers at Artmark has apparently trademarked any U.S. flag design with 51 or more stars. I've been trying to get a hold of him/her for a possible project on the flag and the burgeoning discourse of "brand America." The increasing dilution of the flag seems to be reflected in the increasing meaninglessness of flag burning and attempts to ban it. In any case, sorry Puerto Rico (and Iraq). Perhaps we'll have to resort to the Culture Jammer's parody flag. The sun never sets...