Tuesday 15 November 2022 07:35 PM Mariah Carey BLOCKED from trademarking 'Queen of Christmas' title by festive ... trends now
Mariah Carey has been blocked from exclusively trademarking the title, 'Queen of Christmas', by festive singer Elizabeth Chan in a landmark victory.
All I Want For Christmas Is You singer Carey, 52, filed an application to trademark the phrase in March 2021 - a move which infuriated festive singers Chan, 42, and Darlene Love, 81, with the former heading to court in an attempt to block Carey.
On Tuesday, the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled against Carey’s attempt to trademark 'Queen of Christmas'. It also rejected and denied Carey’s concurrent attempts to register the trademarks 'Princess Christmas' and 'QOC'.
The It's Like That singer had applied for the exclusive right to use the titles on everything from music, to perfume, to sunglasses, and even coconut milk - in perpetuity and globally.
Festive singers: Mariah Carey (left) has been blocked from exclusively trademarking the title, 'Queen of Christmas', by festive singer Elizabeth Chan (right) in a landmark victory
Chan said: 'Christmas is a season of giving, not the season of taking, and it is wrong for an individual to attempt to own and monopolize a nickname like Queen of Christmas for the purposes of abject materialism.
'As an independent artist and small business owner, my life’s work is to bring people together for the holiday season, which is how I came to be called the Queen of Christmas.
'I wear that title as a badge of honor and with full knowledge that it will be - and should be - bestowed on others in the future.
'My goal in taking on this fight was to stand up to trademark bullying not just to protect myself, but also to protect future Queens of Christmas.'
Then: It's become customary for Carey to promote her mid-90s studio album throughout the last two months of the year - and she has been informally dubbed the 'Queen of Christmas'
Louis Tompros, who led the legal team representing Chan, said: 'This was a classic case of trademark bullying. We are pleased with the victory, and delighted that we were able to help Elizabeth fight back against Carey’s overreaching trademark registrations.'
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Mariah Carey for comment.
The application in which Carey requested to secure exclusive usage of 'Queen Of Christmas' along with 'QOC', 'Princess of Christmas' and 'Christmas Princess,' was made public on 12 July.
It's become customary for Carey to promote her mid-90s studio album - Merry Christmas - throughout the last two months of the year.
The lead single is ubiquitous around the holiday season as fans push it back to
