Sarah and Bristol Palin Seek To Trademark Names

[RandySF]

The former vice presidential candidate and her "Dancing with the Stars" daughter have filed applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark "Sarah Palin" and "Bristol Palin," AOL's Politics Daily blog reported Thursday.

According to the report, Alaska attorney Thomas Van Flein registered for a trademark of "Sarah Palin" on Nov. 5, 2010 - three days after the midterm elections. An application for "Bristol Palin" was filed on Sept. 15, 2010 - five days before "Dancing with the Stars" premiered on Sept. 20.

Celebrities often trademark their names to protect their brand from others who might try to cash in on their likeness or use their names inappropriately.


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20030658-10391698.html

[SharonAnn]

1. Oh, for Pete's sake.

[The_Commonist]

14. February is "No-Palin Month"

There are plenty of other non-sense things to be talking about!
Let's not give her the attention...

[WillParkinson]

2. I think it's too late for that...

Her name is already pretty damned inappropriate.

[Zoeisright]

3. Here's Sarah's brain:

Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!

And ... Look at ME!!!!!!

[Drale]

4. This could work to our advantage

if news organizations have to pay her to mention her name, maybe they will just start ignoring her and she'll FINALLY GO AWAY!

[dkf]

5. I thought we were boycotting her?

[onehandle]

6. Too late. I hold the patent.

From now on piles of dog crap will be known as Sarah and Bristol Palin.

[tanyev]

7. Just those two?

What about Todd, Track, Willow, Piper, Trig, Tripp, Atlas Shrug, and Potus?

[hobbit709]

8. Will she include:

Grifterella
Moosellini
Quitterella
and a host of others?

[Mz Pip]

9. Is this some lame attempt to silence

any criticism of her. I can see it now. She'll threaten lawsuits on copyright infrindgement on anything with her name in it that she does not agree with or offended by. If she's copyrighted then she can sue of someone does a cartoon of her that she finds offensive.

Disney did this all the time with their cartoon characters. I remember there was an artist who got sued because he used the likeness of Mickey Mouse in his work.

Guess Sarah has decided she ranks up there with Mickey Mouse.

[Erose999]

12. I've often compared Sarah to Mickey Mouse. I guess I owe both her and Disney some royalties...

Let me go get my checkbook. :sarcasm:

[meegbear]

10. God, what a Douchebag®

[Erose999]

11. I wonder if she's going to trademark "half-term governor"? I mean she does have a pretty exclusive

claim upon that title, lol.

[bullwinkle428]

13. This reminds me of the time when Donald Trump tried to trademark "You're fired!"

:eyes:

[SpiralHawk]

15. I've got dibs on 'Sarah Pale Horse'

Please send my royalty checks to me c/o the carboard box where I am living under the bridge.

[Javaman]

16. Sorry but the term, "pain in the ass" can't be trade marked.

:rofl:

[Horse with no Name]

17. Yeah. It sucked that "Dumb and Dumber" was already taken. n/t

[HughBeaumont]

18. Oh my God, JUST GO AWAY!!!

Holy shit. I gotta put up with news, however miniscule, about this half-term quitter from now until 2012, don't I?