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Disney seeks SEAL Team 6 trademark

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New graffiti reading 'Bin Laden Town' is seen on a wall near the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 6, 2011. The graffiti appeared overnight at various sites around the town. UPI/Sajjad Ali Qureshi
New graffiti reading 'Bin Laden Town' is seen on a wall near the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 6, 2011. The graffiti appeared overnight at various sites around the town. UPI/Sajjad Ali Qureshi 
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Published: May 14, 2011 at 10:52 AM

ORLANDO, Fla., May 14 (UPI) -- Disney has filed an application to trademark the name of the U.S. commando unit credited with dispatching Osama bin Laden.

The paperwork filed this week at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office puts The Walt Disney Company subsidiary Disney Enterprises on track to potentially start turning out toys and games labeled SEAL Team 6, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel said Saturday.

SEAL Team 6 has not appeared in public since its mission into Pakistan; however, Disney listed ideas such as Christmas tree ornaments, video games and snow globes as possible uses for the name.

The Sentinel said there actually is precedent for a civilian company obtaining the trademark rights to a Navy SEAL Team. A company called NovaLogic had the rights to SEAL Team 6 previously but abandoned it in 2006.

Topics: Osama bin Laden
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