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Angelina and Shiloh� in a perfume name dispute

by Anne Metz (Subscribe to Anne Metz's posts), Posted Apr 26th 2007 at 1:10PM
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Sure, 'Shiloh' is not the most popular baby name in the world, but does obscurity give Angelina Jolie and her daughter Shiloh blah blah blah Jolie-Pitt the right to trademark it?

Symine Salimpour certainly doesn't think so. Symine Salimpour's company Hors Lá Monde has created a perfume of the very same famous baby name. To protect her daughter's name, Jolie filed a notice of opposition with the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office.

"The notice of opposition alleges that you will be damaged by the pending trademark," says Thomas M. Wilentz, a trademark attorney in New York City. "Angelina must feel that people applying for 'Shiloh' need to get her consent."

An insider close to Salimpour says the perfume has been in development for nearly two years, so it was obviously not named after the Shiloh of Brangelina fame. "The name is completely unrelated," the insider says. "Symine is citizen of both France and Israel, but she identifies strongly with her Israeli roots - it's a spiritual thing for her. Shiloh is a Hebrew name that means 'his gift.'"

What do you think? Should celebrities be allowed to trademark their children's names?

[via Post Chronicle]

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