An Australian Court ruled that the pop superstar infringed the trademark of the Sydney-based fashion designer who has sold her products locally under a label with her birth name "Katie Perry".
American singer-songwriter and television personality, Katy Perry has lost a trademark battle with an Australian fashion designer called Katie Perry.
An Australian Court ruled that the pop superstar infringed the trademark of the Sydney-based fashion designer who has sold her products locally under a label with her birth name "Katie Perry".
Katie Taylor, who sells clothes under her birth name Katie Perry, filed the lawsuit in 2019, BBC News reports. She alleged that the singer ignored the trademark and sold Katy Perry clothing to Australian customers during her concert tours in the country in 2014 and 2018 through retailers and websites.
Brigitte Markovic, a federal court judge ruled that Katy Perry's company Kitty Purry partially infringed the trademark of Katie Taylor's business, a court filing out on Thursday showed.
Damages are due to be decided at a later date.
"This is a tale of two women, two teenage dreams and one name," Markovic said in her judgment.
The judge dismissed a bid by the popstar seeking to cancel the Katie Perry trademark.
The designer started selling clothes using the brand name Katie Perry in 2007 and registered it as a trademark in Australia the following year.
The singer, who scored her first hits in 2008, was ruled to have infringed the trademark by promoting a jacket advertising her album Roar, "Cozy Little Christmas" hoodies, T-shirts, sweatpants and scarves, on social media.
However, the judge rejected further claims relating to sales in certain stores and websites, and merchandise for a 2018 tour.
The designer described the outcome as a victory in a "David and Goliath" case.
"Not only have I fought [for] myself, but I fought for small businesses in this country, many of them started by women, who can find themselves up against overseas entities who have much more financial power than we do," she wrote on her website.