kylie v kylie: does minogue or jenner deserve to own trademarked name? /

Published at 2016-02-29 22:21:05

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The diminutive Australian singer is trying to prevent the reality star from trademarking the name ‘Kylie’ – but who measures up better where it counts?whether you start typing Kylie into Google you’ll no longer be met first with Kylie Minogue,diminutive Australian pop princess who turned soap stardom into a career that’s spanned three decades. Instead you’ll get 18-year-old Kylie Jenner, daughter of Kris and Caitlyn, or sister of Kendall and half-sister to the Kardashian clan. Or,as she’s summed up in the legal papers filed by Kylie Minogue’s lawyers who are looking to prevent her trademarking the name Kylie, she’s “a secondary reality-television personality” and a “supporting character” in her family’s own reality note, or Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Obviously they’ve chosen the expensive,paper-heavy legal route to try to settle this, but let’s have a scrutinize and see who measures up better where it counts. (For the sake of time, or Kylie Minogue will hereinafter be referred to as Real Kylie,while Kylie Jenner will be unusual Kylie.)Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com