{"id":2338274,"date":"2024-09-07T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T18:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-markles-trademark-gets-denied-rejected-as-her-brand-idea-suffers-major-setback\/"},"modified":"2024-09-07T14:26:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T18:26:43","slug":"meghan-markles-trademark-gets-denied-rejected-as-her-brand-idea-suffers-major-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-markles-trademark-gets-denied-rejected-as-her-brand-idea-suffers-major-setback\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s Trademark Gets Denied, Rejected as Her Brand Idea Suffers Major Setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeghan-markles-trademark-gets-denied-rejected-as-her-brand-idea-suffers-major-setback%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2338274&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex,\u200c has faced a setback in her branding efforts as the U.S. \u200dPatent and Trademark \u2064Office rejected \u200cher application for the &#8220;American Riviera Orchard&#8221; trademark, which she intended to use for selling\u2064 jam and \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanksgiving-just-got-more-expensive\/\" title=\"Thanksgiving Just Got More Expensive\">related products<\/a>. The rejection\u200c was based\u200c on the fact that &#8220;American Riviera&#8221; is a\u2064 commonly used nickname for Santa Barbara, California, and therefore deemed primarily geographically descriptive.\u200b Even the addition of &#8220;Orchard&#8221; did not alter this conclusion. <\/p>\n<p>The office indicated that the \u2063public \u200dmight assume the \u2062products originate from Santa Barbara, as Markle resides there. Additionally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-german-city-may-drop-historic-cathedral-from-city-logo\/\" title=\"Woke German City May Drop Historic Cathedral from City Logo\">proposed logo<\/a> for \u200dthe \u2063brand was criticized for its poor \u200creadability, making the \u200cletter &#8220;O&#8221; hard to \u200bdistinguish. The Patent Office remains open to further communication; however, Markle has three months to respond and pay a $700 fee \u2063to keep \u200dher application active.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the rejection,\u200b sources suggest that Markle&#8217;s team\u200c may \u200bconsider alternative brand\u2064 names, similar to\u2063 what Kim Kardashian did \u2064with her &#8220;Skims&#8221; line, as they prepare for potential changes while being mindful of the associated costs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meghan Duchess of Sussex has received a setback in her exercise in branding after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tossed out her proposed American Riviera Orchard trademark for the jam and other goods she plans to hawk.<\/p>\n<p>Although the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ultimate-betrayal-meghan-markles-family-turns-savage-youtube-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brand<\/a> was unveiled earlier this year, there has been nothing to buy.<\/p>\n<p>The rejection indicated that another website is already selling &ldquo;American Riviera&rdquo; candles, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13817487\/Meghan-Markle-American-Riviera-Orchard-logo-given-thumbs-down.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Registration is refused because the applied-for mark is primarily geographically descriptive,&rdquo; the office said in its rejection.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Commonly used nicknames for geographic locations are generally treated as equivalent to the proper geographic name of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-show-ilhan-omars-daughter-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-anti-israel-encampment-at-columbia-university\/\" title=\"Ilhan Omar&#039;s Daughter Arrested For Defying Eviction from Anti-Israel Site at Columbia University, Revealed in Photos\">place identified<\/a>,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-report-warned-of-extremist-plot-to-attack-congress-on-january-6-but-capitol-security-was-not-increased-to-meet-threat\/\" title=\"FBI Report Warned of Extremist Plot to Attack Congress on January 6, But Capitol Security Was Not Increased to Meet Threat\">office wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;American Riviera is a common nickname for Santa Barbara, California,&rdquo; the office said.<\/p>\n<p>The Patent Office said adding the word Orchard &ldquo;does not diminish the primarily geographical descriptiveness of the applied for mark,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2024\/09\/03\/meghan-markle-trademark-refused-american-riviera-orchard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rejection said because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meghan-duchess-sussex-laughed-hollywood-listers-interest-fading-fast-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brand name<\/a> tried to use a location &nbsp;&ldquo;a public association of the goods and services with the place is presumed&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Furthermore, the purchasing public would be likely to believe that the goods and services originate in the geographic place identified in the mark because the attached evidence shows that applicant&rsquo;s founder, ie, Meghan Markle, resides in the geographic place identified in the mark,&rdquo; the office wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The rejection said some language needed to be changed. For example, &nbsp;&ldquo;cocktail napkins&rdquo; could means ones made of paper or cloth.<\/p>\n<p>Some back-and-forth is an exepected part of the process.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph noted that Meghan might move forward quickly if she does not want to claim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prince-harry-duchess-meghans-chief-staff-leaves-high-dry-3-months-service-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exclusive rights<\/a> to the brand.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Haha, it gets worse!! &#129315;&#129315;&#129315; The Trademark Office has also told Meghan Markle that the ARO design is unreadable and essentially so convoluted you can&rsquo;t find the &ldquo;O&rdquo; of ARO, which is right. Her logo is terrible, and I&rsquo;m sure is her own creation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZnWGUy85ql\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZnWGUy85ql<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Royal News Network (@RNN_RoyalNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNN_RoyalNews\/status\/1832121809543610682?\">September 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Mail also noted that the office told Meghan stylized &ldquo;O&rdquo; on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-declines-to-approve-nasal-spray-for-severe-allergic-reactions\/\" title=\"FDA rejects nasal spray for severe allergies.\">proposed label<\/a> does not appear to be that letter.<\/p>\n<p>A report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1944937\/meghan-markle-considers-american-riviera-name-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Express<\/a> citing a source that was not named said that Meghan is likely to follow the same course as Kim Kardashian, who originally sought to brand her Skims shapewear line under the name Kimono.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The team are thinking of backups as we speak just in case,&rdquo; the source said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been put into a bit of a last-minute spin but they&rsquo;re not too worried because they are aware that Kim K also changed her brand name after launch and it still did amazingly well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It will be a rather costly measure if they have to change the name at this late stage due to all the branding, but it won&rsquo;t be the end of the world,&rdquo; the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan has three months to reply, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/06\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-considering-american-riviera-orchard-name-change-after-trademark-refusal-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, and needs to fork over $700 to keep the application alive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Despite launching the brand earlier this year, there are currently no items available for purchase. The rejection was based on the fact that another company is already selling &#8220;American Riviera&#8221; candles, as reported by the Daily Mail. The office stated that &#8220;registration is refused because the applied-for mark is primarily geographically descriptive.&#8221; They noted that commonly used nicknames for geographic locations are treated similarly to their proper names.<\/p>\n<p>The Patent Office explained that &#8220;American Riviera&#8221; is a well-known nickname for Santa Barbara, California. They also mentioned that adding &#8220;Orchard&#8221; does not lessen its geographical descriptiveness. Furthermore, they indicated that consumers might assume these goods originate from Santa Barbara since Meghan Markle resides there.<\/p>\n<p>The rejection highlighted some necessary changes in language; for instance, terms like \u201ccocktail napkins\u201d could refer to either paper or cloth versions. Some back-and-forth communication during this process is typical. According to reports from The Telegraph, Meghan may need to act quickly if she wishes to avoid claiming exclusive rights to this brand.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, it was pointed out humorously on social media that Meghan&#8217;s ARO logo design was deemed unreadable and overly complicated\u2014making it difficult even to identify the letter \u201cO.\u201d A source cited by Express suggested she might take a similar approach as Kim Kardashian did when rebranding her Skims shapewear line after initially naming it Kimono.<\/p>\n<p>The source mentioned they are considering backup options due to recent developments but remain optimistic since Kim Kardashian successfully changed her brand name post-launch without significant issues. However, changing names at this stage could be costly due to existing branding efforts; nonetheless, it&#8217;s not seen as catastrophic.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan has three months to respond and will need to pay $700 if she wants her application process continued according to information from New York Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2338275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture-2024-09-07T122001.802.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40376,40378,34254,40377,40375],"class_list":["post-2338274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-brand-setback","tag-celebrity-business","tag-meghan-markle","tag-royal-news","tag-trademark-denial"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture-2024-09-07T122001.802.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}