Lipson’s ‘The Last Best Place’ trademarks advance – Rep. Rehberg urges protest

Even as Paws Up owner and Las Vegas businessman David E. Lipson insisted to Gov. Brian Schweitzer Tuesday that his trademark applications for the phrase "The Last Best Place" were innocuous, a pair of those applications moved closer to fruition.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office mailed two notices of allowance to Lipson’s trademark lawyer, Luke DeMarte, in Chicago. DeMarte, reached by telephone Wednesday, declined to comment on the applications.

The notices bring to five the number of Lipson’s trademark applications that have been all but completed. Those five applications only await proof from Lipson showing that he is using "The Last Best Place" commercially. Lipson has three other applications pending.

By ROBERT STRUCKMAN of the Missoulian

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Rehberg urges protest of ‘Last Best Place’ trademarks

By ROBERT STRUCKMAN of the Missoulian

U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg is encouraging Montana residents and business owners to protest a handful of trademark applications for the phrase "The Last Best Place."

David E. Lipson, a Las Vegas businessman who owns the Resort at Paws Up, has applied for eight registered trademarks for the phrase. If granted, the trademarks would give him exclusive right to the phrase for a broad array of commercial uses.

That’s not OK by Rehberg, said the Republican congressman’s chief of staff, Erik Iverson.

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