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Better think twice before using "spinning" to describe your usual indoor cycling class: The trademark owner, California-based Mad Dogg Athletics, has owned the term for about 20 years. Racked National digs into the controversial use of the word, how Mad Dogg came to be, and why CEO John Baudhuin is fighting to protect his brand. [Racked]