

"It's classic trademark bullying," said Chan's pro bono attorney, Louis W. … To me, Mary is the Queen of Christmas."īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. Carey herself has candidly admitted" in a British radio show this past December that she does not "consider myself that. "The words 'Queen of Christmas' should not be owned or controlled by Lotion LLC," the suit states, "particularly since Ms. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday. The filing, obtained by Newsday, said Carey's California-based company Lotion LLC had applied in March "to register and control four 'Queen of Christmas'-related trademarks: 'Princess Christmas,' 'Christmas Princess,' 'QOC' (the acronym for Queen of Christmas), and the subject of this opposition, 'Queen of Christmas.' " A New York singer-songwriter long dubbed the "Queen of Christmas" has filed a lawsuit contesting Mariah Carey's application to trademark that and three related terms.Įlizabeth Chan, who for a decade has recorded and released albums of holiday music and has been referred to as the Queen of Christmas by The New Yorker magazine and the entertainment-news program "All Access," filed a notice of opposition at the U.S.
