Monday, March 05, 2007

U.S. GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO GRANT TRADEMARK PROTECTION TO "OBAMA BIN LADEN" MARK

The government rejected Alexandre Batlle's attempt to trademark an unusual name to sell T-shirts. The mark in question? "Obama bin Laden."

Batlle's trademark application was rejected because it made false connections between Osama bin Laden and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, and contained "immoral or scandalous matter," according to Karen Bush, a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office lawyer. For the rest of the story, click HERE

Isn't Barrack Obama's middle name Hussein? So does that mean we won't see the knockoff Saddam Hussein Obama shirts? Also, I didn't realize that the Bushes controlled the USPTO too.

No comments: