Is Mariah trying to monopolize “Queen of Christmas”? Can another singer block her? Here’s everything you need to know about the brewing dispute.
Mariah Carey performs at the 81st Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Pre-Tape at Rockefeller Center on December 3, 2013 in New York City.Mariah Carey is in a legal showdown over her efforts to secure a trademark registration for name “Queen of Christmas,” sparked by another singer who says she’s used the name for years.
“Christmas is big enough for more than one ‘Queen,’” wrote Chan’s attorney Louis Tompros. “But this opposition proceeding is sadly necessary because Ms. Carey’s Lotion LLC company is nevertheless trying to claim sole ownership of the title and designation ‘Queen of Christmas’.” On Monday, Love weighed in on the situation on Facebook, noting that David Letterman had “officially declared me the Queen of Christmas 29 years ago” – a year before Carey released “All I Want For Christmas Is You” in 1994.
Trademarks are a less powerful form of intellectual property than copyrights, and they do not give someone blanket ownership over particular words. If Carey wins the registrations and wanted to sue someone like Chan, she would still need to prove that consumers had confused the two – not always an easy task, particularly with a fairly unoriginal name like “Queen of Christmas.
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