The saltiest trademark news in the last week surrounds singer Cardi B’s application to register the marks “Okurr” and “Okurrr,” both slang for “Okay???”–but pronounced in a hip, rolled-r trill, sometimes with a shady tone. Or, as Cardi describes, it: the sound of a “cold pigeon in New York City.” If you haven’t heard it
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Rihanna ‘shines bright like a diamond’ but still no right of publicity for the UK
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Nicola Hill, Associate and Jude King, Trainee Solicitor, Browne Jacobson LLP
This is the era of celebrity. It has become a global commercial enterprise in its own right. From launching personalised perfume ranges to being the face of fashion houses, there can be no doubt that celebs are a high value commodity. As such, every…
No BLUE IVY Registration? Not so fast…
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Celebrity blogs and music magazines were abuzz with the news that Jay-Z and Beyonce “lost their bid” to trademark their daughter’s name BLUE IVY. “Jay-Z and Beyonce Can’t Trademark BLUE IVY.” “Jay-Z and Beyonce Lose Right to Trademark BLUE IVY.” Hold your horses, single ladies, you might want to check on it. They got about…