Wasn’t it Michelle Obama who once said: “When they go low…we try to take someone’s else trademark” ?

Via Fox News.

Barack and Michelle Obama have been accused of “deplorable behavior” by a Los Angeles entertainment attorney for filing a “meritless petition” amid a trademark dispute over the name of their company, Higher Ground Productions.

The legal team representing the Obamas filed a petition to cancel the trademark of an e-book publishing company called Higher Ground Enterprises, much to the chagrin of the publishing company.

“This is really deplorable behavior. I hope that the Obamas realize that these actions are not consistent with the values they preach and that they instruct their attorneys to immediately dismiss the petition,” attorney Larry Zerner told Fox News in a statement that was first given to The Hollywood Reporter.

Zerner told Fox News that the “Obamas have known for almost a year” that their Higher Ground Productions trademark application was rejected by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office because it was too similar to his client’s Higher Ground Enterprises.

“Instead of simply picking another name, the Obamas’ lawyers have now filed a meritless petition to cancel my client’s trademark so they can take it for themselves,” Zerner said….

The Obamas told the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that their production company wouldn’t be mistaken for an e-book publisher despite the similar name….

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  1. Pat_S says:

    Only Higher Ground? I’m surprised they didn’t choose Mount Olympus.

  2. Alain41 says:

    Funny in that Higher Ground implies an ethically superior position.
    Makes me go Conspiracy Theory, ie, like someone wanting to put a Mosque at Ground Zero. Higher Ground.

  3. Vintageport says:

    Have the Obamas ever acted in a way consistent with the values they preach? That’s just another rhetorical question.

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