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You are not a metal god

By | Published on Friday 23 January 2009

Are you Rob Halford from Judas Priest? No? Well you might have to stop referring to yourself as a metal god soon, if Rob has anything to do with it.

He filed a trademark application in the US last week in order to have the name all to himself. In fact, he has been referring to himself as such since the release of Judas Priests’ 1980 album ‘British Steel’, which featured the song ‘Metal Gods’. It’s about gods made of metal.

But onto the serious business of this trademark application. It is in fact Halford’s company, Rob Halford Entertainment Ltd, which has submitted the application and it relates specifically to the use of the words ‘metal’ and ‘god’ together in sequence in videogames.

This has led to speculation that a game starring Halford may be in production, or that someone else is developing a game using that name.

But before you start thinking you’re in the clear using the name for yourself because you don’t make video games, you should be aware that Rob Halford Entertainment Ltd has already successfully secured the trademarks for the use of the name on shirts, transfers, and live music performances.



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