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Sarah Palin Takes It To The Next Level: Trademark Status. Hello, Sarah Palin®

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Bad news if you were thinking of hitching a ride on Brand Palin. The former Alaska governor and Fox News contributor is way ahead of you. According to Suzi Parker at Politics Daily, Sarah Palin has filed paperwork with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark both “Sarah Palin®” and “Bristol Palin®.”

Parker reports the patent office applications were filed back on November 5, just after the mid-term elections. The application for Bristol Palin was filed earlier, in September, just before the Palin daughter began her run for glory on Dancing with the Stars. Why Sarah Palin®? Well, bigtime celebrities sometimes trademark their names to protect the brand, but Parker points out Palin’s effort has a few glitches:

For Sarah Palin’s application, there are two classes of commercial service for which her name would be a registered trademark. One is for “information about political elections” and “providing a website featuring information about political issues.” The second is for “educational and entertainment services … providing motivational speaking services in the field of politics, culture, business and values.”

The “Bristol Palin” application is for “educational and entertainment services, namely, providing motivational speaking services in the field of life choices.”

Another potential problem? Palin didn’t sign the paperwork. So for now, you can still just type Sarah Palin. No “®” needed–yet.

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  • tatboy

    Didn’t Obama trademark something about his name??? I’m not assuming… I’m actually asking. Could be one of those wild internet rumers. Anyway this just seems weird.

  • redwriteblue

    Sarah Palin explains why the Republicans want to repeal ObamaCare:

    http://www.flixya.com/blog/2457496/Right-To-Health-Care

  • sarainitaly

    “Celebrities often trademark their names to protect their image or brand from others who might try to cash in on their likeness or use their name in an inappropriate way…..Politicians seldom trademark their name but they might do so to prevent others from using it, for example, to sell shoddy, unapproved merchandise or “official” candidate memorabilia.”

    After all the ugly attacks on the Palins, do you really think this is a bad idea?
    http://shop.cafepress.com/anti-palin

  • Powerslave

    Sooooooo, what if your a different Sarah Palin? It’s not that uncommon of a name. Would you be required to change it? And if your last name is Palin does this mean you could never name your child Sarah?

    This is probably partly because of the smart people who thought ahead and grabbed up the rights to sarahpalin.com, palin2012.com, sarah2012.com, etc. and now want to sell them to her for a hefty fee.

    I wish I’d thought of that.

  • redwriteblue

    sarainitaly said:
    “Celebrities often trademark their names to protect their image or brand from others who might try to cash in on their likeness or use their name in an inappropriate way…..Politicians seldom trademark their name but they might do so to prevent others from using it, for example, to sell shoddy, unapproved merchandise or “official” candidate memorabilia.” After all the ugly attacks on the Palins, do you really think this is a bad idea?http://shop.cafepress.com/anti-palin

    Yes, Sarah Palin has a lot of opponents, even in the Republican “Good Ol’ Boy” establishment, that would create products with her name on them to discredit her when she starts campaigning in the presidential primary elections.

    Sarah Palin writes about the Republicans’ reasons for repealing ObamaCare:

    http://www.flixya.com/blog/2457496/Right-To-Health-Care

  • The Lantern of Truth

    RRKING ® Seems a little egomaniacal to me .

  • tatboy

    Powerslave said:
    Sooooooo, what if your a different Sarah Palin? It’s not that uncommon of a name. Would you be required to change it? And if your last name is Palin does this mean you could never name your child Sarah? This is probably partly because of the smart people who thought ahead and grabbed up the rights to sarahpalin.com, palin2012.com, sarah2012.com, etc. and now want to sell them to her for a hefty fee. I wish I’d thought of that.

    They had better be using those .com’s for content or they will find how internet law works. Cyber-squating is pretty well settled. If they are using those .com’s to disperse content, they have a chance at keeping them.

  • stephenpyle

    sarainitaly said:
    “Celebrities often trademark their names to protect their image or brand from others who might try to cash in on their likeness or use their name in an inappropriate way…..Politicians seldom trademark their name but they might do so to prevent others from using it, for example, to sell shoddy, unapproved merchandise or “official” candidate memorabilia.”

    After all the ugly attacks on the Palins, do you really think this is a bad idea?
    http://shop.cafepress.com/anti-palin

    I just think it shows what Sarah Palin is really after and that’s fame and branding.

  • tatboy

    stephenpyle said:
    I just think it shows what Sarah Palin is really after and that’s fame and branding.

    Probably… makes you wonder why liberal are so scared of her? And how she set up shop in their heads 24/7???

  • stephenpyle

    tatboy said:
    Probably… makes you wonder why liberal are so scared of her? And how she set up shop in their heads 24/7???

    You’re right. I lean left and all the attention she gets drives me nuts sometime. In all probability, she won’t win the bid and their are plenty of other decent candidates on the GOP side that have better things to say than her and a better shot at getting the Republican nod than her. I’d rather read about them.

  • TangledThorns

    She is way ahead of the competition, explains why she’ll beat Obama in 2012!

  • Sheryn

    This gives the message that she has absolutely no plans to run for President in 2012. Raking in the dough while she can. SHOW ME THE MONEY!

  • stoogedudes

    If she does indeed trademark her name and charges fees for it’s use, expect Mediaite to shut down or change drastically due to high expenses…

  • George C

    stoogedudes said:
    If she does indeed trademark her name and charges fees for it’s use, expect Mediaite to shut down or change drastically due to high expenses…

    HA !

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Scott-Heckman/1446404196 Scott Heckman

    Actually shouldn’t her trademark name be “The Dropout Governor” or “Gordon Blowers Whore”

  • ProgressiveJarhead

    redwriteblue says:
    February 4, 2011 at 10:45 am redwriteblue(Quote)
    0 2
    Sarah Palin explains why the Republicans want to repeal ObamaCare:

    Actually, you may want to call it “Dingell Care.” Rep Dingell’s father supported this cause when most of the posters here where in diapers. Don’t let facts get in the way of con stupidity and ignorance. Oh shit! There is a mixed race man in the WH! Let’s call the Affordable Healthcare Act “Obamacare.” Then all of the dumb asses out there who can’t think for themselves will bitch and moan and destroy something that is even good for them.

    It is amazing how a POS like Palin can suck money out of morons and never have to get a real job. I think it is called “celebrity status.”

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    I kinda’ like “Queen Sarah Palin” as a patent.
    It’s about time America had some Real Royalty to compete with the Brits, not the media-fawning Kennedy-hype royalty!

  • Sheryn

    Of course, Sarah Palin will put this in the category of legal bills so she can write it off and get pity. Always the victim.

  • writer

    Fait accompli!! Ipso facto!

  • notsofast

    Scott Heckman said:
    Actually shouldn’t her trademark name be “The Dropout Governor” or “Gordon Blowers Whore”

    Or Scott Heckman’s mother.

  • notsofast

    ProgressiveJarhead said:
    It is amazing how a POS like Palin can suck money out of morons and never have to get a real job.

    Like your unemployable ass?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Scott-Heckman/1446404196 Scott Heckman

    notsofast says:
    February 4, 2011 at 12:53 pm
    1 0
    Scott Heckman said:
    Actually shouldn’t her trademark name be “The Dropout Governor” or “Gordon Blowers Whore”

    Or Scott Heckman’s mother.

    So say’s Mark Koldy’s bitch

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-Svensen/100001028197161 Lars Svensen

    Sensational Sarah & Beautiful Bristol show business acumen & marketing skills, because they understand that fair, fragrant, fashionable ladies, and real men– rugged, rough&ready, rooster-combed, rawhide-tough alpha male outdoorsmen–would buy anything that carried the popular Palin brand.

  • writer

    Usually the King would weigh in on all things Palin, but today was his scheduled mammogram.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    writer said:
    Usually the King would weigh in on all things Palin, but today was his scheduled mammogram.

    RRKING ® No , I sent my Grammy a Pajamagram !

  • david r

    This is a shrewd little move by the Thrilla from Wasilla. Watch for a couple of decades of Sarah Palin trademark litigation, with contingent fee lawyers bringing in even more money for her.

  • beamangrow

    blablablablablabla……………………………….

  • writer

    Lantern, I hope you and Armando can patch things up. Most would say that his brutality and your femininity aren’t a good match, but so far you’ve made it work.

  • writer

    And don’t forget the King’s Super Bowl party this Sunday.

  • notsofast

    beamangrow said:
    blablablablablabla……………………………….

    That’s the most intelligent post you have made YTD, son.

  • notsofast

    writer said:
    And don’t forget the King’s Super Bowl party this Sunday.

    Hey, did ya see the View today?

    They were discussing the Superbowl and Barbara Walters asked, “where are the Green Bay Packers from?” Whoopi did a double take, the audience giggled and Babs waited for the reply!

  • The Lantern of Truth

    writer said:
    Lantern, I hope you and Armando can patch things up. Most would say that his brutality and your femininity aren’t a good match, but so far you’ve made it work.

    RRKING , sadly . I don’t have high hopes . He has been spending all his time lately with his new friends . That extremely strange GBR and that nasty , excessively flamboyant , BFD will get my Arms in Dutch with John Law . It ‘s my royal intuition .

  • writer

    I was hoping BFD wouldn’t attend. All that plastic you have to put down. Too much trouble.

  • writer

    notsofast, did Babs also wonder where the Pittsburgh Steelers are from?

  • notsofast

    writer said:
    notsofast, did Babs also wonder where the Pittsburgh Steelers are from?

    I think they were going to ask Babs who was buried in Grant’s tomb, but they didn’t have the heart to do so.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    writer said:
    And don’t forget the King’s Super Bowl party this Sunday.

    RRKING ® on Super Bowl Weekend . Yes , it ‘ s time again for my Super Bowl of Chili Weekend ! This usually coincides with some sort of sports playoff thingy . Who cares about that ? This year I’m making my Super Buffalo Kumquat Pineapple Chili . I can’t give you the recipe . Well , I can , but I won ‘ t . One tip : Cut one large and one medium kumquat into pieces . Put in bowl . Now discard kumquat pieces into garbage . This will give you the flavor , which is all you need . Anyway , I hope Armando will show up . He ‘s been oh so cross with me and we don ‘ t speak at the salon . Well , if he does not show up for my chili , my kitties Diego and Fandango will just have our party sans Armando . They are more polite and fun anyway ! ©

    All are welcome . I will make a larger batch of chili ! …Oh , if Army does not show up , we ‘ll be raffling off his rabbit , Bunny X , because he frightens me .

  • writer

    Here’s hoping the Royal Queen has recovered from the last beating you administered, and will be able to join us.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    writer said:
    Here’s hoping the Royal Queen has recovered from the last beating you administered, and will be able to join us.

    RRKING shocked . I would never do that and will never do that again ! Besides she has a 3″ reach and 30 pounds on me and would kick my throne sitting area .

  • murphy0071

    OH! This is terrible news now I can’t name my next female baby Sarah Palin Shortwitter.

  • writer

    Ah. The reach advantage explains why you always tazer her first.

  • Grammie

    Dearest Royal Quenn, I’ve heard a rumor that the King has applied for a Brisket Palin trademark.

    Can you comment on it?

  • The Tea Weasel

    OK so far it’s just Sarah Palin®

    If she gets elected it would be:

    President of the United States Sarah Palin®

    And then she maybe should would just trademark the whole thing:

    President of the United States Sarah Palin®, all rights reserved, use of trademark prohibited unless prior written consent is received.

    Maybe she is just angling to prevent anyone from using her name without paying her.

    “GOP pays Palin $1.39B for use of her name over next 4 years.”

  • writer

    Grammie, the King’s lawyer, Armwood, has advised him not to comment while the deal is in the works.

  • Onesweetworld79

    Does the R with a circle around it stand for retard?

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Grammie said:
    Dearest Royal Quenn, I’ve heard a rumor that the King has applied for a Brisket Palin trademark. Can you comment on it?

    RRKING says . I’ ll be happy to give The Queen your message . I wrote it out and used one of my bobby pins to attach it to her favorite John Deere cap that she wears on Friday nights .

  • timcajun

    Yet to see, but this may be the only smart thing she has ever done!

  • jo hoochie

    Onesweetworld79 said:
    Does the R with a circle around it stand for retard?

    No, it stands for reload.

  • The Real Royal Queen

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    I kinda’ like “Queen Sarah Palin” as a patent.It’s about time America had some Real Royalty to compete with the Brits, not the media-fawning Kennedy-hype royalty!

    Hear Hear !!!!!!

  • PBerg

    I hear she made this decision, after DWTS show, where once the Pork Industry saw Bristol’s thighs, they were going to rename some of their Hocks and chops “Bristol Palin pork”.

    And you know how many people want to get hold of Sarah Palin name, because she is such a Classy Trailer park redneck! lol

  • writer

    The Royal King has already copyrighted the term ‘Brisket’s Thighs’. Not sure is the term ‘Bristol’s Thighs’ would be an infringement.

  • The Real Royal Queen

    writer said:
    Here’s hoping the Royal Queen has recovered from the last beating you administered, and will be able to join us.

    Yes, healing quite nicely, thank you. See my pic, the black eyes are gone.

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    RRKING shocked . I would never do that and will never do that again !

    Not anymore, I just watched “Enough” with Jennifer Lopez on HBO.

    Grammie said:
    Dearest Royal Quenn, I’ve heard a rumor that the King has applied for a Brisket Palin trademark. Can you comment on it?

    Oh, if only I had a dollar for every time he mumbled “Brisket” during his sleep.

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    RRKING says . I’ ll be happy to give The Queen your message . I wrote it out and used one of my bobby pins to attach it to her favorite John Deere cap that she wears on Friday nights .

    You know I can’t read your handwriting…what with all that fancy calligraphy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Scott-Heckman/1446404196 Scott Heckman

    The Real Royal Queen, aka Jeffy, Son of Grammie, Murf, nososmart says…..
    I am a racist conservative tool. I like to fluff horses, I like to troll around with 25 sockpuppets and most importantly I am in love with Gordon Bloyer.

  • The Real Royal Queen

    Mr. Heckman-
    Now you have let you battleship mouth override your rowboat ass. When The King reads your insults, he will lay a Royal Butt-Whipping on thee and toss you in the moat. Only my KingyPoo is allowed to insult the Queen.

  • BatBoy

    stoogedudes said:
    If she does indeed trademark her name and charges fees for it’s use, expect Mediaite to shut down or change drastically due to high expenses…

    If Glenn Beck, O’Reilly and Rush would do the same, Mediaite would have to just close their doors.

    Then Tommy could write every article on Helen Thomas.

  • http://www.dregstudios.com Brandt Hardin

    This really does top it all and make Palin a punchline. The public is finally coming around to seeing the true Sarah Palin. Instead of smiling and nodding while talking about murders and national tragedies, she should have shown some humility. I was compelled to create a visual commentary of her political rhetoric and its effects on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/01/sarah-palin-made-me-do-it.html Drop by and let me know what you think.

  • http://www.swissarmyjew.com Keeva

    Okay, but someone ought to tell her that this will not protect her from satire, parody, comedy, media commentary or reporting and other similar protected speech. All it does is prevent anyone else from using the name for a strictly commercial venture.

    I am very sure of this. In my work (advertising/marketing) I deal with this a lot. While I can see her point from the perspective of protecting the commercial value of her name, which is significant, I suspect she has been given some inaccurate advice about the rest.

    I would actually have advised her to do exactly this to prevent unauthorized commercial use. I would have suggested she do it immediately upon leaving office before her book was published. But, as Disney and Apple have both found out the hard way, parody and such are protected.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lisa-Downey-Merriam/587607462 Lisa Downey Merriam

    Did you know Ronald Reagan is also a trademark? Politics aside, from a branding standpoint, it is highly advisable to own your own brand: http://merriamassociates.com/2011/02/sarah-palin-a-registered-trademark/

  • BatBoy

    Lisa Downey Merriam said:
    Politics aside, from a branding standpoint, it is highly advisable to own your own brand: http://merriamassociates.com/2011/02/sarah-palin-a-registered-trademark/

    My guess is that you will see the lefties carpooling to the Trademark office to get their names “Trademarked” – just like Sarah.

    PS So much for the Sarah Free Feburary!

  • The Tea Weasel®

    Just got back. Now I just need a governorship to quit and a vice presidential candidacy to fail at, I and can be raping the noobs for cash like Sarah!

  • Garth

    The half-term nit wit really ought to consider comedy. Absolutely hilarious.

  • Color Me Badd

    She really would best represent the know nothing famewhores that much of the United States is infested with.

  • Michael Charles

    To the Real Royal Queen…
    Your shtick is really tiresome, leave and do not come back, asshole. No fooling.

    I’m a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight…..

    If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you’re “exotic, different.”

    Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.
    If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.

    Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you’re a maverick.
    Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.

    Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you’re well grounded.

    If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you don’t have any real leadership experience.

    If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you’re qualified to become the country’s President.

    If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you’re not a real Christian.

    If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married heiress Cindy the next month, you’re a Christian.

    If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.

    If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state’s school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you’re very responsible.

    If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family’s values don’t represent America’s.

    If you’re husband is nicknamed “First Dude”, with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn’t register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.

    OK, much clearer now.

  • Eshvish

    It’s clear that this vile woman either engaging in all these charades to horde money into her pockets or silence her critiques.

    I venture both.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Eshvish said:
    horde

    Eshvish said:
    critiques.

    Eshvish said:
    vile

    RRKING helping to stamp out illiteracy !

    vile – lovely

    horde – hoard

    critiques – critics

    De nada !

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anita-Meyer/1542515333 Anita Meyer

    WTF??????????????????????????? I will never forgive John McCain for introducing those vile words to this country – Sarah Palin. He opened a can of worms that will never go away. Her screechy voice is like scratching on a blackboard! I used to think she was just a wealth of misinformation. Now I take that back. She is an out and out blatant liar! Everything that comes out of that disgusting mouth is a lie!!!!!!! Could someone like her have handled anything that has come up in this country in the past 2 yrs? From the mess left by Bush to the uprising in Egypt? Hillary could have, Obama is handling it but Palin, no way, no how. Dumb is too good of a word to use.

  • BatBoy

    Anita Meyer said:
    WTF???????????????????????????

    Do you want your kids to grow up and speak like you?

    Just curious!

  • writer

    Mr. Heckman, such language addressed to a woman! Shameful!

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