{"id":2404604,"date":"2025-02-20T10:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-duchess-of-sussex-accused-of-stealing-her-new-logo-they-are-nearly-identical\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T10:20:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:20:43","slug":"meghan-duchess-of-sussex-accused-of-stealing-her-new-logo-they-are-nearly-identical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-duchess-of-sussex-accused-of-stealing-her-new-logo-they-are-nearly-identical\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Accused of Stealing Her New Logo: &#8216;They Are Nearly Identical&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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-duchess-of-sussex-accused-of-stealing-her-new-logo-they-are-nearly-identical%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=2404604&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\u2064 Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, \u200cis\u2062 rebranding her \u2062lifestyle brand, initially called &#8220;American riviera Orchard,&#8221; to &#8220;As Ever&#8221; after facing trademark \u2063challenges. However, her new logo, featuring\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-health-officials-urge-residents-to-wear-masks-at-home-to-protect-vulnerable-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"L.A. County health officials urge residents to wear masks at home to protect vulnerable | One America News Network\">palm tree<\/a> and\u2064 two birds, has \u2062drawn criticism from the Spanish town of \u2063Porreres, wich claims the\u200b logo closely resembles \u2062its historic coat of arms. Mayor Xisca Mora\u200b expressed shock at the similarity and\u200b emphasized the \u200dimportance of the coat of arms to the town&#8217;s cultural\u2063 identity. She \u200dcalled for the logo to be changed,\u200d highlighting that while the attention from Meghan&#8217;s brand has brought publicity, they do not appreciate\u2064 their coat of arms being \u2064used for commercial purposes. Expert\u2063 commentary\u200d has referred to the incident as &#8220;a \u200dcomedy of errors&#8221; and highlighted the need for more thorough due diligence. Additionally, the name &#8220;As Ever&#8221; is reportedly already in use\u200c by a \u200csmall New york-based clothing company, raising further \u200bcomplications for Markle&#8217;s \u200dbrand.  <\/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> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, tries to resuscitate her lifestyle brand with a new name, a town in Spain is crying foul because the brand logo is similar to its coat of arms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/meghan-markle-gives-lifestyle-brand-new-bad-name-as-ever.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Magazine<\/a>, which snarked that Megan gave her brand a &ldquo;New, Still Bad Name,&rdquo; Meghan failed in her efforts to secure a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-duchess-meghan-says-one-bullied-people-world-ridiculous-royal-drama-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trademark<\/a> for &ldquo;American Riviera Orchard.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That led her to announce Tuesday that the name for the jam and other items she hopes to sell is now &ldquo;As Ever,&rdquo; according to the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14413257\/Spanish-mayor-demands-Meghan-Markle-axes-logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The brand&rsquo;s logo, a palm tree and two birds, is similar to the coat of arms of the Spanish town of Porreres, whose mayor wants the logo changed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mayor Xisca Mora said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harry-meghan-accused-grief-grifters-response-la-fires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similarity<\/a> to the 1370 coat of arms brought a deluge of inquiries to the town.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We are still a bit shocked. We thought it was fake news at first. We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t know what was happening. Then loads of newspapers and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">media started calling<\/a> us, and we realized it was serious,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;They are the same, except the birds are a little different and they used different colors, but they are nearly identical,&rdquo; she said, calling the likeness &ldquo;undeniable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;All jokes aside, we really want them to change the logo because our coat of arms is very special to our culture and has been linked to our town since it was founded hundreds of years ago. Every single town in Mallorca has its own symbol or coat of arms, and it is very important to our identity, and people are upset that ours is being used to sell products like jam around the world,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mora said the town&rsquo;s will is clear: &ldquo;The truth is that although this has given our once-unknown town some publicity in just a few hours, we don&rsquo;t like our coat of arms being used. We want them to pull the logo.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;To sue for plagiarism is complicated and costly, and a small town council like ours is not in a position to fight against the English crown,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mora said the town would be happy to do business with Meghan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We have the best jam in the world,&rdquo; she said, saying local farmers would be pleased if Meghan markets the product.<\/p>\n<p>One expert said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meghan-markle-blocked-democrat-harassing-political-seat-wants-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the issue<\/a> should have been noticed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;At this point, it is becoming a comedy of errors, and thus far, they are entirely self-inflicted, unforced errors &mdash; I say that objectively, as someone simply calling balls and strikes,&rdquo; branding expert Doug Eldridge said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-accused-copying-spanish-coat-arms-comedy-errors-rebrand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Given its more than 1,000-year history, even an AI-generated search algorithm would likely have discovered the overlap.&rdquo; Elridge said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said the incident was &ldquo;hilarious.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The logo is very similar,&rdquo; Fitzwilliams said. &ldquo;It was surely the responsibility of Meghan and her team to make sure this sort of mess did not happen. If Porreres sues, it will make them a laughingstock.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prince-philip-spiteful-3-letter-nickname-meghan-markle-new-book-explains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brand name<\/a> Meghan has claimed is already used by a small clothing company in New York City, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/royals\/13576662\/meghan-markle-plagiarism-row-as-ever-shop-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Kolski, 58, who has operated As Ever since 2017, said he was &ldquo;exploring all possibilities&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">small business<\/a>. It&rsquo;s a family-run operation. I&rsquo;m essentially a one man band. This new venture has the power and money of Netflix behind it. Even if I wanted to do something, I don&rsquo;t think I have the behemoth of lawyers and money that are behind this,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/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\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<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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According to New York Magazine, which humorously remarked that Meghan has chosen a &#8220;New, Still Bad Name,&#8221; she was unsuccessful in securing a trademark for &#8220;American Riviera Orchard.&#8221; Consequently, she announced on Tuesday that her jam and other products will now be branded as &#8220;As Ever,&#8221; as reported by the U.K.&#8217;s Daily Mail. The logo features a palm tree and two birds that closely resemble the coat of arms of Porreres, Spain. The town&#8217;s mayor, Xisca Mora, expressed discontent over this resemblance. She stated that they initially thought it was fake news until numerous media inquiries confirmed its seriousness. Mora described the logos as nearly identical aside from minor differences in color and bird design. She emphasized the importance of their coat of arms to their cultural identity and expressed hope for a change in Meghan&#8217;s branding to avoid using their symbol for commercial purposes. While acknowledging some unexpected publicity from this situation, Mora reiterated their desire for the logo to be altered rather than pursuing legal action against Meghan\u2019s brand due to financial constraints. Additionally, an expert pointed out that such issues should have been anticipated by Meghan\u2019s team given the historical significance of Porreres&#8217; emblem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2404605,"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\/2025\/02\/Meghan.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38192,34255,50735,34254],"class_list":["post-2404604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-copyright-issues","tag-duchess-of-sussex","tag-logo-controversy","tag-meghan-markle"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Meghan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404604","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=2404604"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404608,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404604\/revisions\/2404608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}