{"id":18242,"date":"2024-11-22T08:52:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T08:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18242"},"modified":"2024-11-22T08:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T08:52:21","slug":"katy-perry-v-katie-perry-singer-wins-right-to-use-name-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18242","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry v Katie Perry: Singer wins right to use name in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Singer Katy Perry has successfully appealed a trademark decision over her name, after being sued by an Australian designer who sells clothes under her birth name Katie Perry.<\/p>\n

Three appeals judges on Friday overturned a court decision last year that favoured Katie Taylor<\/a> over merchandise sold by the pop star during a 2014 tour of Australia.<\/p>\n

The judges said Perry had been using her name as a trademark five years before Taylor started her business, adding that by that time, Perry had attained an “international reputation” in entertainment.<\/p>\n

The judges also cancelled Taylor’s trademark registration on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Taylor had likened her legal battle with Perry to “David and Goliath”. She told the Sydney Morning Herald after Friday’s ruling that she was “devastated” with the case outcome.<\/p>\n

The appeals judges said it was “unfortunate” that the case pitted two enterprising women who used their names as trademarks but were unaware that the other existed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth women put blood, sweat and tears into developing their businesses,\u201d the judges said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the fame of one grew internationally, the other became aware of her namesake and filed a trademark application,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

The judge who ruled in favour of Taylor last year referenced one of Perry’s biggest hits in her decision: “This is a tale of two women, two teenage dreams and one name”.<\/p>\n

Friday’s ruling comes as Perry prepares for her Lifetimes world tour in early 2025 to support her comeback album 143.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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