The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied Matthew Beck, an entrepreneur who has already registered “Hookers for Jesus” and Redneck Jesus” his attempt to trademark the name “Porno Jesus” for a line of adult entertainment products.
Attorney’s for the office said the name “consists of or comprises immoral or scandalous matter” and “includes matter which may disparage or bring into contempt or disrepute persons, institutions, beliefs or national symbols.”
The appeals board was worried the mark links Jesus with pornography and could upset Christian Americans.
Hmmm, wonder if the Trademark Office folks would have a problem with “Porno Satan”? We guess not — and good for us!
—Magister Dr. Robert Johnson