Posted on 06/17/2011 1:41:21 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
The bids by Sarah Palin and her daughter Bristol Palin to trademark their names and images have cleared a major hurdle and should soon be approved for the potential presidential candidate and her Dancing With the Stars child.
Sources close to the process tell our Suzi Parker that nobody challenged Sarah Palin's trademark application. Today is the deadline to do so. They also say that Bristol Palin's went unchallenged. That deadline passed June 10.
Each should receive their trademark within three months, said the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The clear sailing for both Palins is something of a surprise considering the attention they draw from detractors.
According to both applications, the Palins wanted to make sure that only they could use their names, especially in political circles.
According to Sarah Palin's application, printed below, she wants to protect her name, or "mark," for business and advertising purposes, political elections, entertainment services and for "providing motivational speaking services in the field of politics."
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
Say it all you want. The trademark appears to be on track to being granted whether you like it or not.
If you can’t see the reason that she might want such a trademark, I can’t help you.
I believe history will show that the release of Palin emails was a turning point for Sarah and the country. media lost this one badly and they won’t be able to draw blood so easily again. They know it and they’re backing off already. That’s why I truly believe THIS IS THE TIME FOR SARAH TO PUNCH BACK. IT IS HER MOMENT AND SHE SHOULDN’T WASTE TIME.
community agitator president
manchurian Kandidate
wtf president
styrofoam Greek columns president
narcissist-in-chief president
“my people” president
post-partisan/post-racial” racist-radical-socialist president
Please someone stop me already .......
There are five "icke" trademark applications on record with the German Patent and Trademark Office. Three of which were rejected outright. Of the remaining two, one is a combined word/device (i.e., a logo) mark for fashion related goods, and the other is a word mark owned by a meat processing company (goods are not listed in the register, but should be obvious). Since you claim your friend owns a word mark, that must be the meat processing company?
Anyway, for a mark to registered, it is always examined with respect to certain specific goods or services (currently 45 classes according to the Nice Agreement (Nice, as in town-in-France). A mark may be descriptive for some goods/services (and thus be rejected) and distinctive for other goods/services (and thus be allowed).
You need to read up on what the nature of a trademark is, and its purpose and limitations. Try the USPTO website, Wikipedia or any one of hundreds of IP law firm sites. So far, I’m sorry to say, you are utterly clueless.
Palin is playing this perfectly. Name a decision she has had control of and made that she hasnt won at? Her pacing is perfect. Financially? Perfect, PR, Perfect, Political Capital Perfect. Oh no, believe me she is playing this out brilliantly. She will announce at the right moment. She appears to have the Favor of God on her. When you have that, you are always in the majority.
I clearly said that if Palin becomes a presidential candidate or becomes president, then having her name trademarked will provide her little protection in those capacities. Some can’t confine their thinking to those two possible circumstances Palin might be in in the future.
You’re telling me that a president of the US can trademark their name and image?
Maybe he was one that was rejected after he told me about it. I will ask him. But maybe you should know, nothing in German bureaucracy happens “outright”.
There must have been a lengthy process involved with much rubber stamping. LoL!
And rather than trying to be a total smartass, why don’t you enlighten the readers about the nature of trademarks as it would apply to a presidential candidate or a sitting president. You’ve shown absolutely nothing getting on here and telling people to read this and that, while providing no sourced and supported information yourself.
You're off on a tangent that has little to do with anything I've said. And I don't care who does or doesn't trademark their name and image, and nothing I've said indicated that I did care one way or the other.
Why don't you copy the exact words of mine you responded to with this:
Say it all you want. The trademark appears to be on track to being granted whether you like it or not.
If you can’t see the reason that she might want such a trademark, I can’t help you.
I guess she won't be running third-party. /s
Say it all you want. The trademark appears to be on track to being granted whether you like it or not.
If you can’t see the reason that she might want such a trademark, I can’t help you.
If you don't get it, fine. It would literally be impossible for me to care any less.
What about Piper and Todd?
You're hopeless, and a waste of time. All my remarks are clearly made in the context of the effect, or lack of same, of a presidential candidate or sitting president trademarking their name and image.
So what if the trademark is on track. That has little to do with any remark I've made. Read the paragraph immediately above and so if it might finally sink in.
I wasn't specifically looking for your friend's name - I did a quick trademark search (takes about 30 sec all told - I wouldn't call that "dedicating my time") on "icke" that just happens to list the applicants. Other than that, I couldn't care less (i.e., I'm not interested in the identity of you or your friends).
Oh, and the trademark examination process actually is fairly outright in Germany. You'll get a yes or no within a few months of filing. Of course, if an application is rejected and the applicant decides to fight it through the various instances, well, that's time consuming anywhere in the world.
Hasn’t the Martin Luther King family been trying to protect his trademark/brand?
Is he a current candidate for president or a sitting president?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Letterman’s attorneys didn’t get trademark protection for him decades ago (you know, when he was still funny?). Maher .. well, who else would want to ‘be’ Bill Maher?
My point was simply that the MLK trademark question was the only one I was aware of from the public/political sphere. He has a national holiday in his honor, and yet his family is trying to profit from and restrict the use of his image, etc..
Not directly analogous to Palin’s situation, but the closest known case I was aware of.
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