Nicole Murdoch, a trademark lawyer based
in Brisbane, Australia, said the signs that the Sussexes were leaving
the Royal Family were emerging last summer.
She
said: 'This could be because they may lose their titles as part of
leaving the Royal Family. So this is a defensive move to allow them to
continue using the titles or a name that alludes to the titles.
'Their Royal Titles are gifted by the Queen – will they lose their Royal Titles when they step back from Royal duties.
'Legally
there also must be an intention to use the trade mark on the
goods/services of the application at the time of the application. Unless
it is a defensive mark (which requires a prior registration).
'When the trademark move was publicised in December there was a lot of uncertainty over why they were doing it."
No comments:
Post a Comment