Kylie Minogue speaks after winning Kylie Jenner trademark battle

Kylie Minogue has spoken out about her legal battle with Kylie Jenner over the latter’s bid to trademark their shared first name.
Minogue, 49, told Rolling Stone that ‘it was nothing personal at all.

 

Minogue told the site:

‘I’ve never met Kylie Jenner. I’ve never met any member of the family – actually, I’ve met Kendall just in passing at a fashion event – but I honestly don’t know them.’
‘It’s awkward, because fans get so loyal and vocal, and we love that! But it was nothing personal at all, I’m at pains to say.’Trademark is long, it’s boring, it’s expensive, and it’s really important. I’ve been doing that for years and years. It was just causing confusion with customers. As long as it’s clear, then we can all win.’

Jenner filed its trademark "KYLIE" in 2015, according to the US Patent and Trademark Office documents cited by the BBC. Minogue's KDB Pty Ltd opposed in 2016, calling the singer a "world-renowned stage artist, humanitarian and breast cancer activist" and pointing out that she is "known around the world as simply the name "Kylie". The opposition has expressed concern that Minogue - which has owned www.kylie.com since 1996, and whose first album was titled KYLIE in 1988 - would be "damaged" if Jenner's copyright application was successful. This filing also rejected Jenner as "a secondary reality television personality who appeared on the television series Keeping Up With the Kardashians as a supporting character. He added that "Jenner's photographic exhibitionism and his controversial articles have drawn criticism of, for example, the rights of people with disabilities and African-American communities." In his recent interview with Rolling Stone, Minogue expressed regret that his legal team used such harsh language about Jenner. She found "troubling" that the offending lines were "attributed" to her. ...

‘Can you imagine me saying that?! That was just unfortunate that that is how those lawyers speak. So I genuinely hope that it’s understood: That certainly did not come from me,’ Minogue explained.
‘Good news is, that’s all wrapped up, we didn’t have to go to court. That’s all done. And I’m sure I’ll meet them one day. The weird thing is, in America, when I am there, they would never introduce me just as “Kylie”; it’s still “Kylie Minogue.” It took so long for people to get my name in the first place. “Kyle?” “No, Kyle-E!”

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