An Australian fashion designer who shares her name with American singer Katy Perry is entitled to an injunction to prevent one of the pop star's corporate interests from further infringing on her trademark, a judge rules.
An Australian fashion designer has won a court battle against pop star Katy Perry following a long-running trademark dispute.She has been in a legal to-and-fro with pop singer Katy Perry over the name since 2009The case heard in the Federal Court of AustraliaA string of legal action was first launched in June 2009 over a trademark held by Katie Jane Taylor, who uses her birth name to design and sell clothes under the brand Katie Perry.
Ms Taylor had alleged trademark infringement in relation to a total of eight "channels" of selling clothing, including via Myer, Target and Cotton On after 2013. Ms Taylor established Katie Perry in late 2006, and operated without issue until she received a cease and desist notice three years later from the musician's representatives over the brand's similar name in June 2009.Meanwhile, Perry, who had been enjoying commercial success on the Australian charts, also applied for a trademark for the word "Katy Perry" in the same month as the legal correspondence sent to Ms Taylor.
"I had no knowledge of the singer at the time," wrote Ms Taylor in a 2020 blog post reflecting back on the period.
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