Sarah Palin Tries to patent name

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/04/us-palin-trademark-idUSTRE7135WI20110204

True story. That's how vain she is. Well, actually it's a way to protect her income. But I do'nt care how ridiculous she is, and those who support her, the question I'm interested in is whether she'll eventually be successful in a TM.

"Registration is refused because the applied-for mark, SARAH PALIN, consists of a name identifying a particular living individual whose consent to register the mark is not of record," the US patent department said.

No word if she wants to patent guns, war, and capitalism.