 in royalties. Last year, it was streamed one billion times on Spotify alone. Ms Carey's album - Merry Christmas - was a mix of covers and originals including, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Silent Night and Jesus Born On This Day. As such, Ms Carey's company Lotion LLC applied for the phrases, 'Queen of Christmas' and 'Princess Christmas', and the acronym 'QOC' to be trademarked last year. Significant 'overreach' But lawyers for Elizabeth Chan, a singer-songwriter, said it was 'a classic case of trademark bullying' and a significant 'overreach'. Ms Chan was herself dubbed the 'Queen of Christmas' by the New Yorker magazine in 2018, in recognition of her releasing an original festive record every year for a decade. Her problem was with the motivation behind Ms Carey's desire to have legal control of the monikers forever. 'I feel very strongly that no one person should hold onto anything around Christmas or monopolise it in the way that Mariah seeks to in perpetuity,' said Ms Chan in an interview with Variety in August. 'That's just not the right thing to do. Christmas is for everyone. It's meant to be shared. It's not meant to be owned.' Ms Chan went on to say Ms Carey had been 'trying to trademark this in every imaginable way' from music, clothing and alco){kind=link}
Singer unsuccessful in bid to register the moniker ‘Queen of Christmas’ after being accused of ‘trademark bullying’
All she wanted for Christmas was a trademark, but Mariah Carey’s effort to ring fence the sobriquet “Queen of Christmas” has been denied by US bureaucrats after a legal challenge accused her of “trademark bullying”.
The singer, a large part of whose music is synonymous with the festive season, has long been known by her preferred nickname. But an attempt to make it legally hers – and therefore ripe for monetisation – has been halted by the US Patent and Trademark Office after a complaint was lodged by another singer.
Ms Carey’s hit, All I Want For Christmas Is You, has charted regularly in the US during the Christmas period since its original release in 1994, and has grossed more than $72 million (£60.5 million) in royalties. Last year, it was streamed one billion times on Spotify alone.
Ms Carey’s album – Merry Christmas – was a mix of covers and originals including, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Silent Night and Jesus Born On This Day.