Andrew Eborn BBC Good Morning Scotland Mariah Carey fails to trademark “Queen of Christmas”

Mariah Carey has failed in her application to trademark the title “Queen of Christmas”.

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The superstar’s application was denied by the US Patent and Trademark Office after her company failed to respond to another singer’s, Elizabeth Chan’s, opposition.

If Mariah had been successful she would have had the legal right to stop others from using the title Queen of Christmas on music and merchandise.

Mariah Carey also failed in her attempt to trademark the abbreviation “QOC ” and “Princess Christmas”.

Mariah Carey’s company Lotion LLC applied for the trademark last year which led to Elizabeth Chan filing an objection in August.
Mariah Carey is a record breaking songwriter, actress, record producer and singer with a five octave vocal range. Mariah Carey’s 1994 album, Merry Christmas, is one of the best-selling Christmas albums of all time. The album includes the hit All I Want for Christmas is You, which reached number 1 in the UK charts for the first time in 2020,having spent a record 69 weeks in the top 40. By 2017 the song had reportedly earned Mariah Carey more than $60m (£48m) in royalties and has been streamed over one billion times on Spotify.

Mariah has been dubbed “Songbird Supreme” by Guinness World Records and has no fewer than 3 world records for All I Want for Christmas Is You ie highest-charting holiday (Christmas/New Year) song on the U.S. Hot 100 chart by a solo artist, most-streamed track on Spotify in 24 hours (female) and most weeks in the U.K. singles top 10 chart for a
Christmas song.

Mariah’s quest for a trade mark for the words ‘Queen of Christmas’ was, however, challenged by 42 year old Elizabeth Chan who exclusively writes and performs Christmas music. The New York based artist has released a Christmas album every year since 2011.

The season is her reason for making music!

Elizabeth Chan is not the only contender for the throne.

Darlene Love, 81, claims that she was the Queen of Christmas even before Mariah Carey was born. Darlene Love recorded the song Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) in 1963, 7 years before Mariah Carey entered the world in Long Island New York on 27th March 1970. The song was written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry and Phil Spector and featured in the 1963 seasonal compilation album A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector.

Darlene Love claims “David Letterman officially declared me the Queen of Christmas 29 years ago” in 1993 – a year before Mariah released All I want For Christmas Is You.

She added: “At 81 years of age I’m not changing anything. I’ve been in the business for 52 years, have earned it and can still hit those notes!”

Darlene went on to point out that if Mariah Carey had a problem she should “call David or my lawyer”.

Darlene Love also sang the song All Alone on Christmas, which featured on the Home Alone 2 soundtrack

Where there’s a hit there’s a writ! That is not the end of Mariah’s Intellectual Property problems.

Stone v Carey et al, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, No. 2:22-cv-01616.Advertisement

Mariah was also being sued for copyright infringement by songwriter Andy Stone who claimed he co-wrote a song with the same name “All I want For Christmas Is You” five years before Mariah and that Mariah exploited his “popularity” and “style”.

Andy Stone, who performs as Vince Vance with the band Vince Vance and the Valiants, claimed at least $20m (c £17m) in damages. Andy Stone is claiming that Mariah Carey, as well as her co-writer Walter Afanasieff and record label Sony Music Entertainment, “knowingly, wilfully, and intentionally engaged in a campaign” to infringe copyright and have earned “undeserved profits” from the song.

On 1st November Andy Stone applied to dismiss the case without prejudice, which means it could be refiled.

The United States Copyright Office lists 177 entries on its website under the title All I Want for Christmas is You.

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