Had an author coin the phrase, "Last Best Place" and another person tried to trademark it. Last I heard is they were heading for court.
Hope these people get theirs for trying to trademark such a simple term.
Sounds like a pile of manure to me.
Had a similar incident a few years ago with a designer trying to trademark the name Montana. It got thrown out.
Found this site,
http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/index.jsp
Not listed on there.