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Unflippingbelievable! Sarah Palin trademarks her name
mailonline ^ | 20th June 2011 | David Gardner

Posted on 06/20/2011 3:40:49 PM PDT by TaxPayer2000

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Smart. Very smart.
1 posted on 06/20/2011 3:40:56 PM PDT by TaxPayer2000
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To: TaxPayer2000

lol. Im actually surprised more folks dont do it....


2 posted on 06/20/2011 3:43:32 PM PDT by GoCards (RUN SARAH RUN)
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To: TaxPayer2000

There was an attempt to ruin her unlike any candidate I’ve ever seen. She’s earned it. The author can cry me a river.


3 posted on 06/20/2011 3:44:12 PM PDT by CommieCutter (Promote Liberal Extinction: Support gay marriage and abortion!)
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I wonder how this is going to impact Tina Fey...

;-)

4 posted on 06/20/2011 3:45:22 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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Sorry....I don’t believe in this. Entrepeneurs are put out of business...shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, mugs....


5 posted on 06/20/2011 3:46:54 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: TaxPayer2000

Well, THAT will get the press off her case.

Maybe she can finally have a somewhat normal family life and sue the jackets off the jerks who won’t leave her alone.


6 posted on 06/20/2011 3:47:01 PM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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> Sorry....I don’t believe in this. Entrepeneurs are put
> out of business...shirts, buttons, bumper stickers,
> mugs....

Not so.

All you need is written permission or to pay a fee.

It’s actually MORE business.

It’s a GOOD thing.


8 posted on 06/20/2011 3:49:01 PM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Allegra
I wonder how this is going to impact Tina Fey...

Fey has no need to worry what-so-ever. Immicking and parodying her would never enter Sarah's mind.

9 posted on 06/20/2011 3:50:13 PM PDT by C210N (0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
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Does this mean sites like freerepublic will have to pay her to post her name?

If so, then she might as well put that tour bus in park. FWIW, I don't believe she if she actually did file the paperwork that she'd ever go through with it, but I've been wrong before.

10 posted on 06/20/2011 3:51:41 PM PDT by bgill
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Does this mean sites like freerepublic will have to pay her to post her name? Just asking. I admit my ignorance in such matters.

I am just as ignorant as you on this issue. Perhaps another FReeper has the answer.

11 posted on 06/20/2011 3:52:17 PM PDT by TaxPayer2000 (The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
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This may be smart business wise but what does it do to the average voter if she runs. Will it make her seem distant and insulated? Time will tell.


12 posted on 06/20/2011 3:52:22 PM PDT by teletech (Say NO to RINOS!)
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>> I wonder how this is going to impact Tina Fey <<

Good question. Also: I wonder how it’s going to impact any Palin for President efforts. I’m not sure, but it seems to me that all politicians / candidates are fair game by law. My memory is fuzzy, it’s been a long time since I took those Media Law courses.


13 posted on 06/20/2011 3:52:42 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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To: TaxPayer2000

She has/had to - people making money off her name. Should do the same thing for her image; haven’t seen a characterization of it yet, but ....


14 posted on 06/20/2011 3:53:20 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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I’m not sure what the implications of this are. Obviously, news sources can still mention her name, so there’s no infringement of any right to report on or comment about her. I suppose this would deter people from making hoax claims that Palin endorses something, or from using her name to create a product or service that mocks or demeans her, or in some way opposes her values. There are probably people who would want to market a Sarah Palin sex toy, for example, and this would probably prohibit that sort of thing. I see this mostly as a defensive measure, rather than as some sort of money-grubbing or ego thing.


15 posted on 06/20/2011 3:53:34 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Entrepeneurs are put out of business...shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, mugs....

...Larry Flynts porn movie "Nailin Palin".

16 posted on 06/20/2011 3:54:38 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Sacajaweau

People making money emblazoning someone else’s name on stuff without their permission or profit participation aren’t entrepreneurs, they’re crooks. They’re why famous people need to trademark their names.


17 posted on 06/20/2011 3:54:44 PM PDT by discostu (Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Palin did this to stop the Tina Fey and SNL's of the world. News can still be reported , blogs can still blog ...just like Elvis.


18 posted on 06/20/2011 3:56:40 PM PDT by RED SOUTH (Follow me on twitter @redsouth72)
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To: discostu

You make a good point - using Palin’s name on a product wouldn’t necessarily be done in a mocking way, as I suggested, but simply to make money off of her name.


19 posted on 06/20/2011 3:58:48 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: RED SOUTH

I understand this - but I’m not sure the other usages can be stopped if in fact she’s an official candidate.

BUT - I’m not sure the other way either - I was just floating a thought from the back of my mind going back to media law courses.


20 posted on 06/20/2011 3:58:50 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (American Thinker Columnist / Rush ghost contributor)
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