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Katy Perry Australian court clash to focus on removal of 'Katie Perry' trademark

By James Panichi ( April 24, 2025, 04:51 GMT | Insight) -- A clothing entrepreneur has doubled down on claims that judges had been wrong to side with US entertainer Katy Perry in an intellectual-property dispute, with the businesswoman telling Australia’s highest court that the judges weren’t legally entitled to cancel her “Katie Perry” trademark. In what’s shaping up to be a key IP clash in the High Court of Australia, a submission by retailer Katie Jane Taylor (nèe Perry) has again focused on the lower court’s decision to scrap Taylor’s trademark, despite the law saying that cancellation can only occur in response to “any act or fault of the registered owner.”A clothing entrepreneur has doubled down on claims that judges had been wrong to side with US entertainer Katy Perry in an intellectual-property dispute, with the businesswoman telling Australia’s highest court that the judges weren’t legally entitled to cancel her “Katie Perry” trademark....

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