Trademark our shared name? You should be so lucky, Kylie Minogue tells Kylie Jenner 

By Charlotte Griffiths for The Mail on Sunday

Published: 18:39 EST, 4 February 2017 | Updated: 18:40 EST, 4 February 2017

Kylie Jenner attempted to have her first name trademarked

She may have lost her man but devastated pop princess Kylie Minogue has one small consolation – she has hung on to something else close to her heart, her name.

The singer and actress has won a legal battle with US reality TV star Kylie Jenner, a victory which will be a much needed boost for Miss Minogue, who last week confirmed she had split up from her fiance, British actor Joshua Sasse, 34.

The I Should Be So Lucky star was said to have called off their engagement because of suspicions he had become close to 34-year-old Spanish actress Marta Milans.

Jenner, 19, who appears in the TV show Keeping Up With The Kardashians and is half-sister to Kim Kardashian, applied to trademark the name Kylie in the US in April 2014.

The move sparked a fierce feud with Ms Minogue, 48, whose legal representatives sent the US Patent and Trademark Office a long list of reasons why the trademark should not be granted.

Kylie Minogue objected, saying Jenner was a 'secondary reality television persionality', but the singer was internationally renowed

Describing Ms Jenner as ‘a secondary reality television personality’ the letter argued that, in contrast, Miss Minogue was an ‘internationally-renowned performing artist, humanitarian and breast cancer activist known worldwide simply as “Kylie”.’

Last week, the Patent Office rejected Ms Jenner’s application.

Ms Jenner, who wants the name for her clothing and beauty empire, has already lodged an appeal.

 

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