You are not that "Terrific".

The US Patent and Trademark Office told Tom Brady that there was only one "Tom Terrific" – and it was not him.

The bureau rejected Brady's request to keep the nickname to himself, as regulators felt the alliterative title was too closely tied to the icon of New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver.

Brady wanted "Tom Terrific" to be his exclusive name, to be used as "collectible cards, sports collectible cards, posters, printed photographs," according to the USPTO application of his financial team.

"The registration is denied because the mark applied for is incorporated or includes elements that may falsely suggest a connection with Tom Seaver," said Thursday the USPTO's examining attorney, Elizabeth O. Brien. "Although Tom Seaver is not tied to the products supplied by request under the mark applied for, Tom Seaver is so well known that consumers would presume a link."

Although "Tom Terrific" is not a legal name for Seaver, O & # 39; Brien cited the case law that rejected the trademarks of "Twiggy" and "Margaritaville" "because these titles are so closely associated with the British model of the years 1960, Lesley Hornby and "Parrothead" singer Jimmy Buffett, respectively.

"In this case, Tom Terrific associates with former US baseball player Tom Seaver," wrote O. Brien. "The term in issue does not necessarily have to be the actual legal name of the party falsely associated with the applicant's mark to be unrecordable."

California-based lawyers Brady, six-time Super Bowl champion, could not be contacted immediately for a comment on Friday.

The right-handed runner Seaver has been regularly called "Tom Terrific" throughout his career, especially in 1969 when he led the Mets, during their eighth season of existence, to the franchise's first championship World Series.

Seaver was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1992 after a spectacular 20-year career.

He won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1967, was elected 12 times and won three Cy Young Awards in 1969, 1973 and 1975.

He has won 311 games and 205 losses with the Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox.

Seaver, 74, lives in northern California where he owns a vineyard. Her family announced in March that Seaver was suffering from dementia and would not show up in public anymore.

When the Mets announced in June that they were planning to install a Pitcher's Statue at Citi Field and officially change the address of the stadium at 41 Seaver Way, the Hall of Fame launcher n & # 39; 39; did not attend the announcement ceremony.