Danish Designer Loses Appeal in Dispute Over Use Her Name as Trademark

摘要

Danish fashion designer Benedikte Utzon can't use her own name to market her designs after a ruling by Denmark's Supreme Court that some attorneys call precedent-setting. The court also found, Dec. 20, that Utzon's commercial use of her name on social media accounts constituted trademark infringement. Utzon is not entitled to cite the "own name" legal defense in the dispute over a third-party's use of her name, it said.