It's the "Kylie" trademark battle. Kylie Jenner and Kylie Minogue may soon find themselves in court. The case? Jenner tried to trademark the name "Kylie" but Minogue was quick to file an opposition.
Jenner, one of the famous Kardashian sisters, filed a trademark application for her first name "Kylie" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She wanted to do this to protect her advertising and endorsement deals. However, there was one thing that she has quite forgotten, there was an original "Kylie" in the Hollywood scene, in the person of Minogue.
After Jenner filed her application to trademark her name, representatives of Minogue immediately filed an opposition thereto, according to Yahoo News. Grounds for opposition used by Minogue included her ownership of the domain name www.kylie.com registered since August of 1996. In addition, the Australian singer said that she is just known as "Kylie" all over the world.
Another ground raised by Minogue was that she had existing trademark registrations for various entertainment services. However, Jenner has also applied a trademark application for it. All these grounds raised by both parties only bring one definitive question, who has the better right to trademark "Kylie?"
According to the Guardian, typing "Kylie" on Google would yield Jenner's references on the first pages of Google's SERPs. But this does not automatically mean that Minogue has an inferior right to the name "Kylie" just because Jenner's information is the one that shows up on Google.
In the papers filed by the lawyers of Minogue in opposition to Jenner's trademark application, they referred to Jenner as "a secondary reality-television personality." They also said that Jenner was only a "supporting character" in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians show.
Jenner and Minogue's trademark battle will probably last for a long time. Both sides can lay their respective grounds to prove their point as to who has a better right to the "Kylie" trademark. For the fans, they just have to wait for the decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
