Kept
Kept adjective - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded.
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Similarly, the mark "Swiss Army Knife" has been owned solely by Victorinox since 2005, when it bought Friendly Rival Wenger but kept it as a separate brand.
Source: Disney Owns This Trope -
There was an episode with a Ditto owned by Duplica who had this problem — it could turn into anything, but it always kept its own face, which usually looked downright RIDICULOUS.
Source: Morphic Resonance -
Stan Lee owned one of the earliest production models and kept it in his office for over twenty years, until finally auctioning it off as part of his Stan Lee Collection in 2003.
Source: Pinball / The Amazing Spider-Man
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