Kylie beats Kylie in battle over name trademark
SHE may have lost her man but devastated pop princess Kylie Minogue has one small consolation; she has hung on to something else close to her heart – her name.
The singer and actres – who confirmed this week she has split from her fiancé, British actor Joshua Sasse, 34 – has won a legal battle with US reality-TV star Kylie Jenner.
Jenner, 19, who appears in the TV show Keeping Up With The Kardashians and is halfsister to Kim Kardashian, applied in 2014 to trademark the name Kylie in the US.
The move sparked a fierce feud with Ms Minogue, 48, whose legal representatives told the US Patent and Trademark Office that Ms Jenner was ‘a secondary reality-television personality’. In contrast, it said Miss Minogue was an ‘internationally renowned performing artist, humanitarian and breast cancer activist known worldwide simply as “Kylie”.’
The Patent Office rejected Ms Jenner’s application last week. Ms Jenner, who wants the name for her clothing and beauty empire, has already lodged an appeal.