Katy Perry v Katie Perry: Singer loses trademark battle

Singer Katy Perry has mislaid a trademark conflict with an Australian manner decorator called Katie Perry.

Katie Taylor, who sells apparel nether her commencement sanction Katie Perry, sued the popular star, saying her merchandise infringed a trademark she owned.

On Friday, a justice agreed that covering sold for Katy's 2014 Australian circuit did breach Katie's trademark.

"This is simply a communicative of 2 women, 2 teenage dreams and 1 name," Justice Brigitte Markovic wrote successful her ruling.

The justice said the Teenage Dream singer, calved Katheryn Hudson, utilized the Katy Perry sanction successful "good faith" and does not beryllium immoderate idiosyncratic compensation to the designer.

However, the star's institution Kitty Purry indispensable wage damages, which volition beryllium decided adjacent month.

The decorator started selling apparel utilizing the marque sanction Katie Perry successful 2007, and registered it arsenic a trademark successful Australia the pursuing year.

The singer, who scored her archetypal hits successful 2008, was ruled to person infringed the trademark by promoting a overgarment advertizing her medium Roar, "Cozy Little Christmas" hoodies, T-shirts, sweatpants and scarves, connected societal media.

However, the justice rejected further claims relating to income successful definite stores and websites, and merchandise for a 2018 tour.

Justice Markovic dismissed a bid by the popular prima to cancel the Katie Perry trademark.

The decorator described the result arsenic a triumph successful a "David and Goliath" case.

"Not lone person I fought [for] myself, but I fought for tiny businesses successful this country, galore of them started by women, who tin find themselves up against overseas entities who person overmuch much fiscal powerfulness than we do," she wrote connected her website.