Singer Mariah Carey cannot claim the title of “Christmas queen”, the American authorities have ruled. All I Want for Christmas Is You may well sit at the top of the Holidays after Holidays charts, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (OABM) refused to reserve the name “Queen of Christmas” for the diva, several American media revealed on Wednesday.
It was last July that Mariah Carey’s application to trademark the “Queen of Christmas” trademark—alongside the abbreviation “Q.O.C” and the consolation gift “Princess Christmas”—was made public. The OABM appeal committee has just answered “no”, “no” and “no”.
On the coronation trail, Mariah Carey was passed a tree by her compatriot Elizabeth Chan, who sings nothing but Christmas jingles. Grinch for some, benevolent fairy for others, the singer strongly contested the filing of the brand before the American administrative body. With success !
“Christmas is for everyone,” said Mr.me Chan in a press release. “It is made to be shared — it is not made to be possessed.”