Sigh. Octomom is trademarking her name.

[flvegan]

Sorry, I can't do the little TM thing that so many of you clever folks can.

Anyway:

Octomom™ On The Way?
Nadya Suleman, mother of 14, seeks to trademark her tabloid nickname

APRIL 15--The California woman who gave birth in January to eight babies has filed an application to trademark the word "Octomom," which she wants to slap on disposable diapers and assorted clothing items. Nadya Suleman, who has shown a knack for cashing in on her post-natal predicament, last Friday filed two applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in a bid to commercially exploit her tabloid-bestowed nickname. In her April 10 USPTO filings, the 33-year-old mother of 14 identifies herself as "Nadya Suleman, AKA Octomom," and notes that she wants to use the "Octomom" handle on products such as dresses, pants, shirts, and disposable and textile diapers. Suleman also wants to secure a trademark to use "Octomom" in connection with TV variety programming. As seen in the below excerpts from Suleman's USPTO applications, she had to sign a letter consenting to "the use of my nickname as a Trademark or Servicemark." The USPTO applications, which cost Suleman a total of $825 and only include a bland logotype, were filed for her by a Whittier, California law firm whose web site reports that it offers "Intellectual Property and Family Law services."

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0415091octo1.html

BTW, I checked, and yes, Octomom.com is being squatted on.

[TZ]

1. but all she wants is to raise her children in peace

....and become rich and famous while at it:eyes: these kids are going to be so messed up

[Shell Beau]

2. I couldn't even finish reading it.

That just seems gross. I don't think I would care too much for the term "Octomom" if I were her.

[Orrex]

3. How do the other six (forgotten) kids feel about this?

And can she really trademark it, when she didn't coin it?

[Shell Beau]

4. She does have other kids.

She is just wrong. So wrong.

[Blue Diadem]

7. Kinda leaves them out of it all doesn't it.

After what I saw on TV today, it's pretty clear she's really going to exploit those babies.

[BeachBaby]

5. This reminds me of Lisa Beamer.....

trying to trademark "Let's Roll". :eyes:

[Blue Diadem]

6. I saw something today, apparently she brought the last baby home.

She was laying down with all 8 babies piled on and around her. It wasn't cute, nor is her trademarked name.

I feel bad for her kids and for her mother. I just hope someone keeps an eye on her so those kids get taken care of properly.

[foxfeet]

8. Well, thank the gods that "Octopussy" is already copyrighted.

[madinmaryland]

9. Nice post, eightgan.

:hi:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. I walk a fine line with OctoMom™...

...because while she is "off limits" (because she is a woman and a mother), I see the real person...Nadya Suleman...and I see nothing other than an opportunist and a human being of questionable character.

I don't think she's a good person. Period.

[no name no slogan]

11. Maybe she's trying to be Irish. Y'know, like Oct O'Mom

:shrug:

[LisaL]

12. Ain't funny? Wasn't it reported that she didn't like to be called

"octomom?"

[Sheets of Easter]

13. I guess Oxygen-Stealing Baby Machine von Famewhore was already taken.

[flvegan]

14. I'd have gone with Semi-Automatic Womb Cannon.

No disrespect, naturally.

[Sheets of Easter]

15. For some reason,

that gave me the mental image of babies being shot out into the grandstand at baseball games, like they do with T-shirts. :shrug:

[arcadian]

16. Surely, this is a sign that we should all repent for the end is nigh.

This and the other hundred Octomom atrocities that preceded this.