American Riviera Orchard, Meghan Markle’s troubled jam company, is facing another setback after Harry & David had some quibbles about the company’s name.
At first, it wasn’t clear what the former duchess’s lifestyle brand would entail, then the jam posts started. A-listers like Mindy Kaling, Kris Jenner, and Chrissy Teigen started receiving jars of, while others said that the big jam launch was slated to happen later this year.
. Would you believe it if I told you there was, somehow,reports that Harry & David has filed a letter of protest with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The holiday-pear purveyor claims that Markle’s business shares too similar a name with its, Harry & David claim that there is a “likelihood of confusion” should Markle be granted her trademark.reported that the brand’s trademark application had been rejected by the USPTO because its name was too close to American Riviera, a “common nickname” for Santa Barbara, the California city Markle and Prince Harry call home. According to the, Markle’s addition of the word Orchard “does not diminish the primarily geographical descriptiveness of the applied for mark.” However, the brand seems to be chugging along, with all three of its trademark applications still marked as “Pending” on the USPTO website. For Markle’s sake, I hope the next big story about ARO has the headline “Meghan Markle Finally Launches Jam, ‘The Best I’ve Ever Had,’ Says34 Best Sneakers for Women in Every Single StyleJanelle Monáe Won HalloweenNew York’s Top Chef Wants to Invite Kamala Harris to DinnerEvery Celebrity Who Has Endorsed Kamala HarrisParis Hilton and Nicole Richie Will Be at Vulture Festival. Will You?Finding Jordan Neely He had places he belonged and people looking out for him. How did he end up dying, alone, at the hands of a stranger on the subway? Artist Murdered at a Luxury Hamptons Spa Sabina Rosas’s body was found at the Shou Sugi Ban House. A suspect’s body has been found in Pennsylvania.Do Pimple Patches Really Work? Tell Me Everything. We asked experts which hydrocolloid patches are best, how to choose acne stickers that won’t irritate sensitive skin, and why there’s so much goo.New York
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