Dutch Artist Attempts to Trademark Name “Allah”

January 7 2013   A Dutch artist has failed in his bid to trademark the name “Allah”. Teun Castelein submitted a request to register the name as part of a brand logo with the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property, as part of his goals “seeking out the limits of the free market”. The BOIP’s provisional…

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Dutch artist creates PO Box for Allah

Artist John van der Dong has created a Post Office Box to receive messages addressed to Allah in the Netherlands. The artist’s previous work includes establishing a hotline at which over 25,000 people left telephone messages to God. Van der Dong intends to keep the letters from his current project unopened and says he will…

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