Phyllis Schlafly loses trademark dispute with nephew's craft brewery
Source: STL Post Dispatch
In connection with its usage as a surname, it has the connotation of conservative values, which to millions of Americans (such as Baptists and Mormons) means abstinence from alcohol, Phyllis Schlaflys filing with the trademark office stated, adding that an average consumer in Saint Louis and elsewhere would think Schlafly is a surname associated with me.
In addition to Phyllis Schlaflys opposition, her son Dr. Bruce Schlafly also filed an opposition to the brewerys trademark registration, alleging that trademarking the Schlafly name could negatively impact the orthopedic surgeons reputation by associating his name with alcohol.
But in its decision, dated Aug. 2, a trademark office board dismissed Phyllis Schlaflys and Dr. Bruce Schlaflys opposition filings, which were consolidated.
The board, noting that the law allows a trademark to be registered if it has acquired distinctiveness, rejected the argument that a trademark shouldnt be allowed because its primarily a surname.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/phyllis-schlafly-loses-trademark-dispute-with-nephew-s-craft-brewery/article_467c3b6f-0572-5b31-ad4b-b63abf6857cf.html
mountain grammy
(26,659 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Initech
(100,108 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)...all I can say is that this couldn't have happened to a more deserving person. Phyllis, this one's for you:
Raster
(20,998 posts)Maybe they can name one of their brews: Eagles are for 'em! Really piss her off.
I can't stand the woman.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)T_i_B
(14,749 posts)....for calling a beer "Arrogant Bastard Ale"?
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,052 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Onyrleft
(344 posts)But if you like beer and it's available where you live, try it.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)living.
Mind you if it was branded Schafly's Old Fashioned Panty Remover, she might have a point
But then who would be able to drink something with a name like that
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,347 posts)jmowreader
(50,567 posts)SunSeeker
(51,746 posts)Instead of just being associated with right wing assholes, Schlafly will also be associated with what is apparently a pretty decent craft beer.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,390 posts)but she sounds awful. It's like someone saying they want to stop "Nixon" from being trademarked because it's too associated with the president.
I know the name from her son Andy, and his stupid 'Conservapedia' project. Which is so bad that it could have been a parody of all that's wrong with conservative (lack of) thinking. It was only his involvement, and someone explaining to me his family's history of batshit-crazy conservatism, that persuaded me that they meant the website to be serious. As an example of how bad its reputation is, it's the website for which I most often see anti-virus warnings like "this site has a bad reputation" in search results.
This looks like another 'closing of the conservative mind'. They think they have a reputation to protect, but in the wider world, association with an honest brewery would do something to rehabilitate the family.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,305 posts)She was the one who started the nonsense meme about unisex restrooms.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)Their Christmas Ale actually taste like Christmas. Amazing how they do that.
PatSeg
(47,649 posts)Danmel
(4,932 posts)A tasting event st the central park zoo. I immediately made the association, and had a nice chat with the young people serving us. I bought stew bottles afterward st s lock store. I'll get dome more just to piss the old hater off.(the beer was good, BTW)
tecelote
(5,122 posts)Unwittingly giving him a ton of free national publicity.
Poetic justice.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)al bupp
(2,194 posts)Nitram
(22,913 posts)A guaranteed anti-aphrodesiac.
Berlin Expat
(950 posts)ever encountered a bottle of beer with the name "Schlafly" on the label, Phyllis Schlafly would never spring to mind for me. I probably wouldn't even make the connection.
But now, thanks to her, it will.
So all I can say is lighten up, Phyllis - this Bud's......no, strike that......this Schlafly's for you.
PatSeg
(47,649 posts)Phyllis has managed to give her nephew a lot of free advertising!
yellowcanine
(35,702 posts)"and also dingbat wingnuttery," she should have added.
Hoist a Schafly for Phyllis!
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)Oneironaut
(5,530 posts)She is a true Conservative!
tanyev
(42,641 posts)but now that I know it will tick off Phyllis Schlafly, I'm going to make a point to look for it.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)IronLionZion
(45,563 posts)Yup, or overestimating the power of her name.
Ilsa
(61,707 posts)I met him along time ago, wasn't impressed. Ugh.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)She spewed hatred for Hillary RODHAM Clinton for using her maiden name as her middle name, for Clinton daring to work outside the home, and for not being a "traditional American" mother and wife. Of course, Phyllis was working outside the home and letting other people raise her children while she toured the country, getting paid to speak to wingnut gatherings.
It doesn't surprise me at all that she would try to control her nephew.
PatSeg
(47,649 posts)I think Phyllis and her son really need a drink.
Maybe THEY should change their name!
FSogol
(45,555 posts)The brewery should sue her next. Her mouth flapping probably harms them more.
mopinko
(70,271 posts)they had to know it wasnt gonna fly.
calimary
(81,527 posts)The damage she did, back in the day... OY! DON'T get me started...