Salon Owner Relieved After Trademark Dispute Hearing

Salon Owner Relieved After Trademark Hearing with LOréalRebecca Dowdeswell, owner of the Leicester-based salon nkd, expressed relief after a hearing in a long-running trademark dispute with LOréal. The company claims her salons name is too similar to its own Naked cosmetics range. The case went before an Intellectual Property Office tribunal, with a judge expected to make a decision in twelve weeks. Dowdeswell, a mother of two, has spent over £30,000 in legal fees and had to close a salon due to the strain. She held the nkd trademark since 2009 but forgot to renew it in 2019. LOréal withdrew its opposition to her using the nkd trademark for some services, but the core issue of name similarity remains in dispute. DNN | The Daily News Now! The world’s first global local news network. Every city. Every story. AI powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.