On March 11, 2008, two New Yorkers, eager to capitalize on the Eliot Spitzer situation, filed to protect the trademark Client 9 in relation to a variety of clothing items and apparel.
Angela Baksh of South Ozone Park, New York filed to protect the trademark Client 9 for “tee-shirts, jackets, jeans, shirts and blouses”. Simultaneously, Charles von Simson of New York, New York filed to protect the trademark Client 9 for “jerseys, golf shirts, hooded sweat shirts, polo shirts, rugby shirts, short-sleeved or long-sleeved t-shirts, sport shirts and sweat shirts”.
On March 10, 2008, the New York Times revealed that Spitzer, the Governor of New York, had been assigned the codename “Client 9″ by the FBI and revealed connections between Spitzer and The Emperors Club and an international prostitution ring. FBI wiretaps confirmed that Spitzer paid large sums of money for illicit rendezvous with various call girls including “Kristen”, who was subsequently identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre. Spitzer resigned his post as Governor of New York two days later.
Mork wonders how the USPTO will rule on these simultaneous filings, especially since CafePress is flooded with “Client 9″ apparel that likely became available within hours of these trademark filings.
Who was the first to use “Client 9″? Mork would bet money that it wasn’t “Kristen”.
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