Model Chrissy Teigen makes bacon sandwiches with husband John Legend using Meghan Markle's American Riviera Orchard jam.
The Patent Office said businesses cannot trademark geographic locations . READ MORE: Meghan Markle 's latest trademark application was denied last week, DailyMail.com can reveal, in a new major blow to her embattled American Riviera Orchard home goods brand.
Meghan Markle's bid to trademark her new lifestyle brand name was denied last week, DailyMail.com can reveal American Rivera Orchard soft launched earlier this year as a lifestyle brand that will sell products such as jams and cookbooks 'Commonly used nicknames for geographic locations are generally treated as equivalent to the proper geographic name of the place identified.The decision could throw a wrench in the works for the launch of Markle's embattled brand, which was reportedly scheduled to go live by the end of the year.
Her trademark application already suffered an embarrassing setback when the USPTO said she failed to pay $11,382 in international registration fees and other 'irregularities' that needed to be 'corrected'.Read More Concerns over Meghan Markle's American Riviera Orchard brand's failure to launch a single product The USPTO's decision is not final, and Markle's lawyers can still appeal and revise their application to try to get at least some of her products approved.
'The brutal reality is Harry and Meghan are the toughest of taskmasters, they're very demanding and difficult to work for and that puts a lot of people's backs up.'
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