Mariah Carey fails to own ‘Christmas Queen’ trademark
NEW YORK: Famous diva, Mariah Carey’s application to trademark, “Christmas Queen”, “Christmas Princess” and “QOC,” (short for Christmas Queen) has been rejected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Citing a Rolling Stone report , the trademark, if approved, would give the public the legal right to prevent the public from using any Christmas-related holiday-themed song titles, merchandise and products.
Following Carey’s company Lotion LLC ‘s trademark application last year, US holiday theme songstress Elizabeth Chan filed an objection in August to prevent Carey from obtaining registration rights.
Chan, who was previously named the “Queen of Christmas” by The New Yorker in 2018, has criticized the pop diva for trying to monetize through trademarks.
“No one should hold any rights over something as close to the heart as the celebration of Christmas or monopolize it the way Mariah is trying to do.
“That’s not the right thing to do. Christmas is for everyone. It’s meant to be shared, it’s not meant to be owned,” said Chan in an interview with Variety.
She added that not just to protect her music rights, Chan claimed that Carey was trying to get this trademark to monopolize in other business areas including clothing, liquor products, masks, dog collars and more.
“If you knit a ‘Queen of Christmas’ sweater you should be able to sell it on Etsy (online) to other people so they can buy it. This (copyright application) is a crazy act,” she said.
However, Carey’s company did not respond to Chan’s claims, indicating that the trademark was unsuccessful.
It also means that “Princess Christmas” dog collars and “QOC” eggnog drinks will not be on the wish list for this year’s Christmas season.
source – Faida Rahim
