From the David Clayton Thomas "lost episode:"
Dick Halligan Jr.: The only thing I do want to bring up Tom, Thank God my father trademarked the work "Kwanzaa" before his death.
Tom: The word "Kwanzaa"--you mean the African American holiday?
Dick Halligan Jr.: Well, actually it was a term my father used to say, it was a jazz term. My father would, in between trombone solos, would scat and say things, and one of those things was "uh-kawanzaa, kawanzaa, kawanzaa, kawanzaa"
Tom: So he got a copyright on that.
Dick Halligan Jr.: He copyrighted the word "Kwanza"a, and this year alone Kwanzaa has made revenues over $700 Million and we see,--
Tom: Now that I find very...
Dick Halligan Jr.: --the Halligan family sees 15% of that.