Last year, the legal team of Australian pop star, Kylie Minogue, filed a notice of opposition to Kylie Jenner‘s trademark application for ‘Kylie’ for ‘entertainment services’, after Jenner filed several federal trademark applications for her first name and full name. Minogue, the singer/songwriter/dancer/actress, has accomplished quite a bit in her music career. For instance, she has released 13 albums, gone 27x Platinum, sold 65 million records, and won a Grammy award for Best Dance Recording Artist! With all of these accolades, Minogue feared that Jenner’s trademark for ‘Kylie’ would dilute her name and cause confusion with her existing trademark for ‘Kylie’.
Jenner, the 19-year-old socialite, is known among the younger generation for her KYLIE makeup collection, clothing collaborations, and popularity on social media. Jenner had filed two applications for ‘Kylie’ for ‘entertainment in the nature of providing information by means of a global computer network in the fields of entertainment and pop culture; entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a celebrity, actress and model’ and ‘advertising and endorsement services, namely, promoting the brands, goods and services of others’. Minogue owns trademarks for ‘Kylie’ and ‘Kylie Minogue’ for ‘entertainment services’ and ‘music recordings’.
Minogue recently withdrew her opposition to these three trademark applications for ‘Kylie’, so Jenner can proceed with the registration of her name as a trademark.
At Madan Law, we encourage artists and creatives to register their name or personal brand as a trademark to protect themselves from anyone stealing their work or using their mark!
#OwnYourMark #MakeYourMark
Written by: Teresa Nguyen