Photo: Singer Katy Perry | By Ian Youngs, BBC | Katie Taylor, who sells clothes under her birth name Katie Perry, sued the pop star, saying her merchandise infringed a trademark she owned. On Friday, a judge agreed that clothing sold for Katy’s 2014 Australian tour did breach Katie’s trademark.
“This is a tale of two women, two teenage dreams and one name,” Justice Brigitte Markovic wrote in her ruling.
The judge said the Teenage Dream singer, born Katheryn Hudson, used the Katy Perry name in “good faith” and does not owe any personal compensation to the designer.
However, the star’s company Kitty Purry must pay damages, which will be decided next month.
‘David and Goliath’
The designer started selling clothes using the brand name Katie Perry in 2007, and registered it as a trademark in Australia the following year.
The singer, who scored her first hits in 2008, was ruled to have infringed the trademark by promoting a jacket advertising her album Roar, “Cozy Little Christmas” hoodies, T-shirts, sweatpants and scarves, on social media.
However, the judge rejected further claims relating to sales in certain stores and websites, and merchandise for a 2018 tour.
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[Thanks to Alex Teitz for contributing this article! http://www.femmusic.com]
Katy Perry v Katie Perry: Singer Loses Trademark Battle
