PAGNOTTA: At some point late in the spring [of 1993], with almost no notice, a call came through: Prince is changing his name. Dead silence! I finally said, “To what?” “The symbol.” ...

I’m changing my name to this symbol so can you use it from now on?’ and everyone’s like ‘Alright. Okay. No questions asked. You’re Prince! We’ll do it!’ It was kind of funny to me.” ...

With a given first name like Prince ... No. 1,860,429 for clothing; and U.S. Reg. No. 1,822,461 for sound recordings and videotapes featuring music and entertainment.” But where did the symbol ...

In 1993, Prince announced that he would no longer go by the name Prince, but rather by a "Love Symbol" which was a mash-up of the gender symbols for man and woman. "It is an unpronounceable symbol ...

"In Prince's mind, by changing his name to a symbol, he thought he could rescind and void the contract," McMillan told "20/20." "Because he was no longer a signatory under the name Prince Rogers ...

you may find yourself looking back on his storied life and career and wondering what Prince's symbol meant, where it came from, and why he adopted it in the first place. The following year ...

Monson had no idea what was going on with Prince and Warner Bros and had no real sense of just how groundbreaking the Love Symbol would become. When it was revealed, it was a global news story and ...

After the change, Warner Bros. had to mail out floppy disks to news organizations featuring a font that allowed for reproduction of the new Prince symbol, because the symbol itself cannot be ...

"In Prince's mind, by changing his name to a symbol, he thought he could rescind and void the contract," McMillan told "20/20." "Because he was no longer a signatory under the name Prince Rogers ...