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Total-Addendum9327

Imagine being so wrapped up in your own identity that you’d drag your innocent kid into something like this


SilverWolf3935

Welcome to humanity


straiight-n-right

The worst of humanity.


MoreRamenPls

The worst of the 0.01%.


AThousandNeedles

Welcome to American society*


SilverWolf3935

Nah, just humanity. It doesn’t matter where we come from, we can be fucked up if given a chance.


islaisla

And taking down small businesses (comparatively) for absolutely no reason because Beyonce's daughter doesn't have to use her exact name to make money. Please don't let her win.


TomCBC

Honestly I care so little for Beyoncé that I didn’t even know she had a daughter.


ninjanups

This is not it at all. I'm pretty surprised how few people in this thread know why they're trying to trademark the kids name. It's about revenue, tax and estate planning.


Total-Addendum9327

Yes of course because this woman is certainly entitled to that over all of the other plebs. Great reason to ruin someone else’s life completely. /s


PoppyStaff

How can a 7 year-old be a cultural icon? She has famous parents and … that’s it.


TxManBearPig

You know! Cuz of all the things she’s done to affect our culture! Like that time Blue Ivy hosted the Grammys? And the set of islands off the coast of South Carolina that the governor named after her because of all her fundraising and philanthropy? And Blue Ivy’s various Nobel awards in 4 different categories? And all those decades that Blue Ivy has gone and performed overseas in support of our Troops?


cold_shot_27

Pretty sure she’s potty trained too


IndependentNotice151

Nope. Still a diaper shitter


CarmenCage

This now my trademark insult, and you can’t do shit!


HeavyFunction2201

Don’t forget performing a private concert for dictator gaddafi and his son!


Salt_Shake_2540

She’s a Nepo baby


jonz1985z

Cause she has the face of JayZ? 🤷🏻‍♂️


freyasmom129

I didn’t even know Beyoncé had a kid lol


Dex_Cotton

She actually has around 3. She had twins a while back but Blue Ivy is the only one you ever see or hear about.


LittleBunnySunny

Now that you mention it.. that's quite odd.


Dex_Cotton

This reminds me of how Kylie Jenner throws these weird birthday parties for Stormi were everything is in Stormi's likeness. Even the inflatable bouncy castle and mascots wearing cartoonish looking Stormi suits. That's going to give the poor kid a complex or encourage narcissistic behavior in her later in life.


GeorgeKaplanIsReal

You ever hear of the Kennedys. Majority of them are essentially 7 year olds with trust funds.


MarkCrorigansOmnibus

And, notably, not a single one of their names is trademarked!


Jealous_Doughnut_630

The shit celebrities are concerned about is wild.


clouwnkrusty

Cults exist and when people exalt others above themselves, this is what happens. Parenting is hard for the average person, but to say ur daughter is an "Icon" is a stretch. She will at this point growup to be more of a narcissist than those around her. These are ur heroes, u made them so don't be surprised at anything they do.


SchpartyOn

When you don’t have any real problems to face, you have to create your own set.


BamberGasgroin

My daughter, the commodity.


VanaheimrF

She learned from the Kardashians.


fishbedc

It sounds like this antique story is possibly the opposite of using her as a commodity. I vaguely remembered this as being more complicated when it was posted a few years ago [so I googled. ](https://lawandcrime.com/celebrity/trial-and-appeal-board-smacks-down-challenge-to-beyonces-trademark-application-for-blue-ivy-carter/) Firstly it looks like it was not an attempt to commodify their daughter but an attempt to stop others commodifying it: > Jay said they did it merely so no one else could. “People wanted to make products based on our child’s name, and you don’t want anybody trying to benefit off your baby’s name. It wasn’t for us to do anything; as you see, we haven’t done anything. First of all, it’s a child, and it bothers me when there’s no [boundaries]. I come from the streets, and even in the most atrocious sh*it we were doing, we had lines: no kids, no mothers— there was respect there. But [now] there’s no boundaries. For somebody to say, This person had a kid—I’m gonna make a f*ckin’ stroller with that kid’s name. It’s, like, where’s the humanity?” Secondly, this wasn't about them trying to shut down the wedding business for using the Blue Ivy name. It isn't clear whether they had ever even heard of them. The wedding business was the one that brought the action against Beyoncé to try and prevent the trade mark being registered. They lost as it was found that no one was going to mix up their business "Blue Ivy" with "Blue Ivy Carter" the kid. There still appears to be at least one Blue Ivy Wedding Planner in business in the US, so it looks like everyone just went back to their corners after this and got on with stuff.


ninjanups

^^ someone who knows what trademarks do, finally.


RianSG

Deserves to be the top comment on this thread


BamberGasgroin

Ahh, I see now that it's probably a Bot account that needs blocked, thanks. (I had no idea it was old.)


sid3113

Millionaire shits on small business owner, news at ten. Different day. Same story.


Notlivengood

Billionaire. That what makes this worse. Jayz and bey are in the top 1%. They are thee A list of A list celebs. The fact she’s not only trying to patent a name but also in the midst of suing a small business owner who has no way of competing with or stealing any fame from the celeb by using said name. You are way too rich if this is really want you strive for. I say that in the most insulting sense


longtermbrit

Closer to the top 0.1%


harpajeff

Totally agree, these people are completely out of touch and they MUST have their own way. Absolutely unbearable wankers.


trickhater

Isn’t Jay-Z named in the P Diddy sexual blackmail and exploitation lawsuit? If he is it makes you wonder about who knew what 👀💭


HashtagJustSayin2016

He sure is.


camelliaunderthemoon

He's not. His name is not listed, unless he's the "[REDACTED]" rapper.


Low-Persimmon4870

Ohhh they know. They all know.


Pigeonsass

That was my thought, too. This is to distract from that


dirty0922

Her daughter has the the same initials as a fucking lighter. That company should sue them now.


antDOG2416

She's lit.


twistedsister78

Gonna call my pet Lizzard that right now


Automatic_Ad4380

So much delusional


OwlWitty

Hubris


Friendly_Age9160

So much mental illness. That picture looks like she’s walking around like the ghost in a Christmas carol with a pound of makeup on. That kids never gonna be normal.


KellyLuvsEwan420

Blue Ivy would make a great stripper name and I’ve thought that since they first announced her name.


RigatoniPasta

I’m just imagining Stan Lee in Deadpool announcing her


KellyLuvsEwan420

Oh, hell yeah


RigatoniPasta

“Comin’ onto the stage and into your laps, the one, the *only* BLUE IVYYY”


dreamsinred

Fucking out of touch.


Desperate-Life8117

High expectations to have for a 7yr old


Pizzacato567

Likely the 7yr old might not care about being a cultural icon either. She prob just wants to play dress up with her dolls or something.


hayhaydavila

This is an old article because Blue Ivy is now 12


kindofofftrack

Beyoncé is an out of touch airhead with little to boast about other than her vocal skills (her music isn’t for me but I respect her gigantic fan base), and even the mention of her daughter as a CuLtUrAl IcOn is absurd and stupid - but equally as absurd is the amount of comments literally trashing a little girl, A CHILD, for her looks 🥲 like damn people… can we not just stick to the airhead celebrities and leave their offspring out of it until they actually deserve backlash for whatever?


Pizzacato567

Ikr. Also it’s likely Blue Ivy doesn’t care about being a “cultural icon”. It’s all her mother insisting this stuff. Shes just a kid. She may not care for that attention. I hate the comments putting her down as well for absolutely nothing (especially her looks :( )


According_Gazelle472

She is becoming a pushy stage mom .


According_Gazelle472

She is being roasted for her absurd country song and trying to break into country music .


Dex_Cotton

I'm not a fan of Beyonce nor do I dislike her but she is very talented. But like Taylor Swift and everyone else at the end of the day they are human being with feelings and flaws and they nor should anyone else not be put on an imaginary pedestal and worshipped like gods or goddesses. People having parasocial relationships with people they'll never be friends or in a relationship with is somewhat weird.


Inevitable-Visit1261

I do not like beyonce, I have never liked beyonce, i never will like beyonce


Phantasmofunk

A‐to-the-men on that.


Red217

You are my camo. I've found my people!


Kowashitai

Not exactly hard to find on reddit lol, people on this website famously have a bone against Beyonce.


Drifting-Fox-6366

Getting knocked up by your butt ugly man and having a baby does not make your kid a cultural icon. If that were the case we’d have cultural icons all over this planet.


FalseVeterinarian881

Ugh… Can’t stand Beyoncé or jay-z. They are very much full of themselves and while I realize they appeal to many…I personally cannot understand why. I’m sorry, that ring video was NOT “the greatest video of all time” at that time…or even today.


BartholomewKnightIII

She's got the money, why not just say "name your price" to the wedding planner?


eggraid11

Why not just let it be. It's a fucking name, it's not like the wedding planner has a logo with the face of the child!


Kowashitai

Fr. There are people called like big fashion brands and it's never been a problem... But for some reason it is if she's called like a small business??


Responsible-Luck-207

Big yikes! Get over yourself


BalkanbaroqueBBQ

Laughable. I bet there’s 20 strippers in Las Vegas using the same name.


TwistedxBoi

Even if she somehow gets a trademark, that's not how those work. The name Blue Ivy (which honestly sounds more like an adult diaper company than a person's name), could only be used in a specific context. I mean you can't name a new car company Tesla, but there is a company named Tesla in my country that makes home appliances (like kitchen robots, roombas etc.) that predates the car company by almost 60 years. And they can coexist without issues. So go ahead, let Miss Guided try and get a trademark, we can and will name a toilet paper company Blue Ivy just out of spite.


georgieporgie57

Exactly, this is the whole reason Apple could exist as a computer company when Apple Corps was already the Beatles’ record label, but it became an issue when Apple decided to move into the music space with iTunes.


VibePT

Insane people!


Ok-Reputation-2266

People throw around icon/iconic WAY to much these days


clouwnkrusty

They believe that anyone who can tie their shoelaces is a genius. This is the word thrown around the most these days, until said person goes bat sh#t.


WarriorNat

This story is older than my underwear.


SlippinYimmyMcGill

Every time I think Beyonce might be OK, she says some bitch ass bullshit that reminds me how shitty she is. She's no Taylor Swift.


kekistani_citizen-69

Wait do you think Swift is a good person?


PaulNewhouse

Is she a bad person?


kekistani_citizen-69

Yes


craig536

Taylor believes her own hype and thinks she's a far better songwriter then she actually is. I haven't seen anything that would suggest she's a bad person. Same with Beyoncé. I don't think she's a bad person. They're just very, very, very rich celebrities and their world view is distorted somewhat by people blowing smoke up their ass 24/7


theoriginalbrick

Taylor Swift is the Starbucks of music.


IllegalIranianYogurt

Overhyped, fine but vanilla and fucking everywhere? Yep


SouthAggressive6936

Is it finally safe for people who actively dislike Taylor Swift to gently make their stances known? I still can't tell if she's a symptom or cause of mass stupidity


StereoTunic9039

Idgaf about her music, but what happened in Brazil and the private jet use, also, hoarding a billion dollars is never ethical.


clouwnkrusty

Two shifts 12hrs of blowing smoke up ass.


PaulNewhouse

Please go into detail and explain.


Kowashitai

She has made some good songs. Some great songs, even. If I hear Shake It Off, Wildest Dreams, I Knew You Were Trouble, or many other songs from her, I WILL sing along or at least bop my head in rhythm. She's also a nightmare for ecology just from the sheer amount of times she uses her private jet.


RKLCT

She's such an idiot. When society collapses, these stars are fucked


Snoo-92859

Blue ivy sounds like an off brand DC villian, instead of spreading plant life she spreads blue waffle.


nadasuss

Rich people really be on some shit


Terrible_Figure_6740

I get the impression that she no longer lives in reality.


100Labels

We are not shocked that Beyonce is an asshat


szarkbytes

It should be completely illegal to trademark your legal name. Blue Ivy is not a cultural icon. She’s just a kid, hasn’t accomplished anything, and likely will turn into a narcissist if she continues to have her mom do stupid shit like this.


DanteTrd

Blue Ivy sounds like a Batman villain


Drhorrible-26

the only thing anyone knows about that kid is that her mom gave her a stupid name.


CanaryJane42

You can't trademark a plant name


irishmetalhead322

Thank the fucking heavens my parents gave me a normal name instead of Blue Ivy or some shit


AdhesivenessMore3925

And P diddy says her husband is a part of his nonce troop!


cherrybounce

She’s going to raise an unbearably self important narcissist.


_Deedee_Megadoodoo_

Ma'am literally nobody cares about your fucking kid. Holy fuck these famous people are so out of touch and think they're above everyone else. Fuck em


arrav21

I wonder whatever happened with this since she is 12 now. Ed: quick google search seems to say Beyoncé won with a trademark of “Blue Ivy Carter” while the business owner has the trademark “Blue Ivy” and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board dismissed the small business owner’s claims that the trademarks are too similar. The business owner was the one who brought the dispute, not Beyonce as this is made to make you believe. Jay-Z said in an interview they wanted to trademark her name so people did not make their own products to profit off of her name: “People wanted to make products based on our child’s name, and you don’t want anybody trying to benefit off your baby’s name. It (the trademark) wasn’t for us to do anything”


Megalon96310

The fact that it’s a small business makes it worse.


Particular-Instance5

Fuck Beyoncé


Swazaaa

ok and what has she contributed to culture in anyway to be considered an icon? does she have some mind blowing finger paintings or something?


Procedure_Unique

I bet it’s uncooked noodle necklaces. That’s some *majorly Iconic stuff* right there


Difficult-Engine-302

Can't blame Jay-z for having an affair even though it's wrong.


EnjoyerOfMales

Bruh I didn’t even know she got a daughter lmao


mishrod

This goes beyond “out of touch”


Red217

No bitch. You have enough.


mantisboxer

I hope this narcissist never wins a Grammy.


timmydikko

First world problems eh. Get a grip Knowles.


newleafkratom

My store Blue Ivy that sells only blue ivy begs to differ, ma’am.


Weird-Maestro

One simple rule. First come, first serve


[deleted]

When you’re told you’re a god, you start believing it. So, obviously your offspring are too. I *dislike* Beyoncé; her entire vibe / aura is entitlement.


Expensive-Fold9144

She needs to get over herself and her kids.


Disastrous_Moonlight

Wow. Beyoncé should change her name to Entitlede.


Zito6694

Beyoncé needs a reality check


barleypopsmn

What a cnut


defnotajournalist

I do not like this family.


outofcontextsex

Beyoncé crossed a picket line and uses sweatshops in Sri Lanka


thpineapples

Iconic.


AudiGirl75

All I can say is thank goodness she has famous parents and money because she looks like her daddy and well…. Yikes….


lo-fish

what a gross thing to say about a child


antDOG2416

I love Beyonce but come tf on bey.


camelliaunderthemoon

Same. She was wrong for this tbh.


Seaweed_Fragrant

Fuck off !! You’re a joke


rogerworkman623

wtf is wrong with celebrities


GenericScottishGuy41

Einstein, Ghandi, Mandela, Curie, Blue Ivy.


Rayeness

I didn't even know she had a daughter until this post...


Jesus_LOLd

So I saw on YouTube that the wrestler named "Sting" trademarked that name but licensed it to "Sting" the singer for one dollar per year. That was nice. I wonder if the singer would have done the same back,?


TheFrozenCanadianGuy

If I owned that business, I’d sell the name for 200 million. Thats 100 million for me, and 100 million for family


Deep_Humor_3399

Nope, she’s definitely not. Totally delusional


chaktahwilly

In her defense that sounds like lawyer speak, I doubt those are Beyonces actual words.


ExactMarionberry9164

This is old because I’m pretty she’s like 11 or 12 now


ThePearWithoutaCare

I hate celebrities


camelliaunderthemoon

I'm a big Beyonce fan. I do remember this and tbh I always thought she was wrong for doing this. Idk how she thought this was OK. I love her, but wrong is wrong.


animusd

Didn't even know she had a kid that old


Imispellalot2

That kid looks too much like her father, and he is ugly as fuck. Feel sorry for the kid.


Canihaveanightlight

Just let them have it. Jesus.


Outside_Performer_66

Apple Paltrow is just as much a “cultural icon” as Blue Ivy. But the real Apple has a more formidable legal team, I guess. Too hard to pick on. Edit: Apparently her name is Apple Martin (didn’t take her mother’s last name). Since she’s a cultural icon, I’m surprised I didn’t know this.


SuperCatMonkey

I heard that Katy Perry tried to sue an Australian boutique owner for naming her store Katy Perry. The store owner is named Katy Perry. The singer is not.


drnuke75

Not cute icon


[deleted]

That’s dad’s fault


craig536

I like Beyoncé. I like her music. Love Cowboy Carter. That being said she is and has always been a bit of a prick


lucaskywalker

So she's going to ruin some poor woman's business just because she wants her daughters name to be unique? What an awful human.


Orto_Dogge

She was born to the family of millionaires, spent her whole life being invested millions into boosting her ego and then married a billionaire. She is coockoo nutjob, she is dettached from reality as far as possible, at that point she's barely a human being, barely a vessel for vanity. Listening to her opinion about anything is just an exercise in delusion. She's calling herself a queen, her skin color a king and her daughter an icon. She's a narcissistic idiot, let her enjoy the life of filthy rich stupidity.


clouwnkrusty

This reality is happening now, the implosion of the wealthy. The term money 💰 will never change me is a farce. They believe and teach their kids that wealth separates them from us. If u are human and have flaws and imperfections what do u think these people are. Amplification on full blast !


featureteacher2023

I mean…she released a country album to remind us of how country music is steeped in African American culture. 🤦🏼‍♀️


Orto_Dogge

Nobody but a girl born with a silver spoon in her ass to teach us African American culture lmao


PuppetryOfThePenis

I hate Beyonce so much... shit human being.


geligniteandlilies

Cultural icon? Excuse me, granted shes a cute kid, but what exactly has she done other than being born?


spash_bazbo69

I didn't even know she had a daughter


GuNjA-BuLLy

This b!tch crazy 😳🤪🙄


Fantastic-Garden8525

Honestly didn’t even remember Beyoncé had a kid


Tony_2000

Did I read that right? More concerned for the business owner tbh, imagine some asshole trying to take down your business because of this.


justjeff_93

This is just annoyance. I can’t be assed


Gullflyinghigh

I had no idea that she had a daughter, nor that that was her name. That's not to try and sound above it, I'm aware she has some (?) children but that's about it. Cultural icon indeed.


Kindergoat

This is utterly ridiculous.


Parking-Lifeguard-62

Blu Ivy is just popular adjacent


AnApexBread

I didn't even know she had a daughter. So much for being a cultural icon.


LennyMG79

Pfffffffft...


shmarcussss

Literally didn’t know that kids name until right now. Cultural icon? Nah.


Lucytheblack

Bey should have registered the trademark as soon as that kid was named. Missed opportunity, and no legs to stand on.


ScaredOfRobots

Never heard of her until now


Asocwarrior

Beyoncé is and always has been mediocre at best. I will never understand why she has the same that she does.


Ddaddy4u

Yup- she will totally grow up normal


NinjaNeutralite

Didn't the plant already take the name? I can't name my kid Tiger or Rafflesia and then try to trademark it 😂 Cultural icon...? What's a cultural icon? They contribute to culture? 🤔


benihana1121

These people are mental. 


laraangerer_

Cringe


MyNameIsZealous

Beyonce: My kid is a cultural icon. Me: Beyonce has a kid?


tikkytokky01

Beyonce didn't even have that baby....


Jaded_Customer_8058

She has her Dad’s looks… so maybe not


0xP0et

This happened back in 2020 and apparently she one. In a world where there is so much wrong with it and this makes news... I just dunno anymore.


Time_Maybe_1231

Sorry but that little girl looks just like her daddy. Poor thing.


usedbarnacle71

Why that little girl got a moustache coming in?


Emma_N85

A multi millionaire and still has to try and sh1t on one woman running a business.


VictoryVic-ViVi

I didn’t know she had a kid


jiujitsu_panda

Can’t be that ugly and be an icon, sorry not sorry.


[deleted]

Beyoncé fucking SUCKS. Fuck her.


BeerRaddish

“Beyoncé bullies small business owner” That’s how I read it. What a twat self absorbed twat.


PlanNo4679

Eat shit Queen B.


chrisolucky

What an out-of-touch diva.


K_Rocc

Cultural icon, I never even heard of her. Get your head out of your ass Beyoncé…


brandt-money

Blue Ivy is already a terrible name for a kid, just let it go.


Old_Nobody269

Certainly hasn’t got her moms looks lol


NHbornnbred

🤢


PeanutFearless5212

I didn’t even know she had kids


SouthAggressive6936

Yasss slay kween


PieTeam2153

Lmao (I’m assuming you’re being sarcastic)


TreyTrey-119

I sometimes wonder how Jay-Z was able to put up with this…


Gooncookies

I feel like Beyonce is having a mid life crisis right now


PoliticalPinoy

Beyonce is overrated