Feeling ashamedAfter her powerful lawyer “made her a laughing stock” for wanting to start her own jelly and dog treats company, Meghan Markle has threatened to dismiss him.
The Duchess of Sussex, whose marriage to Prince Harry is reportedly on the rocks, has a strong desire to emulate Gwyneth Paltrow’s $250 million Goop lifestyle empire. However, as of right now, all she has managed to do is buy a few jars of jelly and some dog biscuits for her friends in affluent Montecito, according to Knewz.com.
Her attempts to register her brand, American Riviera Orchard, have so far been unsuccessful because of humiliating mistakes made by her legal team at her parent company, Mama Knows Best LLC.
“Meghan is angry at the delays which have been going on for months,” a source told us after she lost her temper over yet another delay this week.
Because she can’t even get a fundamental trademark across the line without making basic mistakes, she feels like she’s been made a laughing stock among California elites. She has now threatened to fire her staff if they don’t obtain a trademark for her brand.
“All she has got to show for her efforts is a few pots of jelly, bags of dog treats, and a whole heap of embarrassment right now and she wants this to change and pronto.”
She pleaded for extra time this week to launch her stuttering lifestyle brand.
In an effort to obtain a trademark for her American Riviera Orchard brand, her legal team, headed by Marjorie Witter Norman, has requested an extension from the US authorities.
She now has a total of six months to correct the mistakes and objections to the application, according to a court document that was just published a few days ago. If the time is missed, the trademark would be considered dead.
The following extension request has been submitted for application Serial Number: 98441826, according to a note: AMERICAN RIVIERA ORCHARD “Under 37 C.F.R. 2.62(a)(2), the applicant asks a three-month extension of time to file the response, extending the response period to six months from the Office action’s issuance date. For each Office activity, only one extension may be requested.
Earlier this year, she submitted her initial filings to the US Patent and Trademark Office.
But first, she was humiliated when she attempted to trademark her new homewares business since she failed to send enough money or accurately complete the necessary paperwork.
Surprisingly, the application was not signed.
Then, a company that owned the name “Royal Riviera” presented a “protest” to the USPTO, which was a setback for ARO’s trademark.
According to official documents: “The owner, Harry & David, is an American institution, founded in 1934, with annual sales of 1.7 billion and 3,300 staff.”
It further stated that the objection was “deemed relevant” because of the “likelihood of confusion” and that Marco Wright, the USPTO’s examining attorney, had previously been notified.
In March, her team filed an application for legal protection to trade under the name American Riviera Orchard solely with the US Patent and Trademark Office.
The American Riviera is a commonly used geographical name to designate the California coast, thus she was informed that she could not have exclusive rights to it.
After reviewing the documents for weeks, the government department’s experts denied the application for a variety of reasons.
“Applying to market goods in 19 different classes but only sending enough cash to cover 17 trading groups” is another example of this. Applications to offer home goods, linen, soap dispensers, gardening equipment, and other items were too general and needed to be clarified.
Since neither Markle nor her team signed the original documents, they could not be verified. To make up the difference, her office was instructed to send an additional $677.
“The application identifies goods and/or services that are classified in at least 19 classes; however, the applicant submitted fees sufficient for only 17 classes,” according to USPTO correspondence that we have seen.
“Applicant must either submit the filing fees for the classes not covered by the submitted fees or restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid.” “The application was unsigned because the applicant did not provide a signature,” the letter continued. As a result, the application is not adequately validated.
Regarding the use of the American Riviera, officials stated:
Because the attached data demonstrates that the applicant’s creator, Meghan Markle, resides in the geographic location indicated in the mark, the purchasing public is likely to assume that the goods or services originate there.
“Applicant may respond to this issue by submitting a disclaimer in the following format: No claim is made to the exclusive right to use AMERICAN RIVIERA apart from the mark as shown.”
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