Registered Trademark in a Meta Title or Content

[yanaiguana111]

I know that registered trademarks don't hurt SEO, however if the trademark is used in the middle of a popular search phrase (see below) will it hurt the site's chanced of getting ranked for this term.

Example: Funkybrand Shoes

PS I found one brand that used the trademark Acuvue contact lenses.

thanks!

[irvingw]

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My opinion would be that if you are wanting to rank for "funkybrand shoes" I would not want any characters other than a space between the two keywords, and therefore I would not include it. There really is no reason to include it either unless it is a legal issue.