[a fool in paradise]

you can TRY to trademark ANY phrase. Whether you are successful is another matter.

http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/taylor-swift-trademarks-1989-this-sick-beat/2015/01/29/id/621496/

If you couldn’t then every studio could release a movie title The Tea Party at the same time.

[babygene]

“you can TRY to trademark ANY phrase. Whether you are successful is another matter.”

Copyright was the term the other poster used, not trademark. There is a difference.