Sir Paulie Seeks To Trademark His Name

Paul McCartney Seeks to Trademark His Name
NewsMax.com Wires
Friday, Oct. 13, 2006

LONDON -- Former Beatle Paul McCartney sought on Friday to cash in on
his name by registering it as a trademark for use on everything from
waistcoats to vegetarian food.

In addition to vegetarian items, he is also seeking permission for the
name on meat, fish, poultry and game.

The application has been made by McCartney's company, MPL
Communications Ltd, and if successful will give it the exclusive right
to use of the name McCartney on clothing, footwear, headgear and a
variety of other goods.

The full application specifies such disparate items as articles of
fancy dress, overalls, waistcoats, hosiery, dressing-gowns, bath robes,
sports clothing and swimwear.

MPL Communications was set up by McCartney to handle his recordings
after the break-up of the Beatles.

Anyone who objects now has three months to lodge objections with the
Trademarks Registry. Then a trademark judge will decide whether the
marks meet the legal criteria to be registered.

Companies and individuals apply to register names and logos as
trademarks in order to identify the commercial source or origin of
goods and services and set their business and its products or services
apart from those of others.

Once a trademark has been granted, its owners can take action to
prevent others using identical, or even similar, names and logos.

(c) Reuters 2006. All rights reserved.

Sixties Gen...

I know it must be right if it says so in a newspaper, ;-) , but I find
it hard to believe that Paul would want to have his name associated
with meat...except, of course, if it were ham. ;-)

Irrelevant...

McCartney - the meat you don't want to eat. And now, let's hear the
testemonial from Heather Mills...

Reg Ritter...

He would be doing it prevent anyone else from using the name to promote
meat.