{"id":132018,"date":"2024-10-31T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=132018"},"modified":"2024-11-01T05:39:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:39:52","slug":"meghan-markles-trademark-drama-goes-on-her-brand-will-have-to-change-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/meghan-markles-trademark-drama-goes-on-her-brand-will-have-to-change-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s trademark drama goes on, her brand will have to change names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Meghan Markle is on the way to building a lifestyle empire with her brand American Riviera Orchard<\/strong>. But it looks like her sweet jam dreams are hitting a major speed bump. Fans dreaming of tasting her royal jam or splurging on fancy lifestyle goodies might just have to wait\u2014possibly indefinitely due to<strong> trademark drama<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people\/status\/1780312705548583302\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meghan Markle&#39;s First Product for American Riviera Orchard Revealed by Friends: &#39;Thank you M!&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NE4w5iG5s8\">pic.twitter.com\/NE4w5iG5s8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People (@people) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people\/status\/1780312705548583302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the tea: Meghan Markle&#8217;s trademark application for American Riviera Orchard has found opposition coming from &#8220;<strong>Harry &amp; David<\/strong>,&#8221; an American institution with the exclusive rights to &#8220;Royal Riviera.&#8221; And guess what? they\u2019re not exactly thrilled at the Duchess of Sussex parking her brand name too close to theirs. As a result, The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is giving this clash some serious revision, calling the confusion \u201crelevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/royal_suitor\/status\/1801833640181059925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/royal_suitor\/status\/1801833640181059925<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all. Last month, the trademark office stated that &#8220;American Riviera&#8221; was just too vague, propelling &#8220;<strong>confusing<\/strong>&#8221; due to its name. Now, she has three months to clarify her brand vision and pay another $700 to continue her application. Who would&#8217;ve thought Meghan Markle&#8217;s sweet treats would ever have a problem to leave their mark?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle is on the way to building a lifestyle empire with her brand American Riviera Orchard. But it looks like her sweet jam dreams are hitting a major speed bump. Fans dreaming of tasting her royal jam or splurging on fancy lifestyle goodies might just have to wait\u2014possibly indefinitely due to trademark drama. 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