Salon owner ‘ready’ for key L’Oréal trademark dispute hearing

He says that a hall owner is “ready to fight again” in front of an important hearing in a long -standing trademark dispute with the global cosmetics company L’Oréal.

Rebecca Dowdeswell He tried to renew Leicester -based business trademark – NKD – 2022, but the French company opposed the movement.

L’Oréal has its own trademark on a series of beauty products called Naked and claims that using the name NKD will cause “consumer confusion”.

The 49 -year -old said he felt “in a much stronger position”, now an intellectual property office (public offering) for the case was determined. It will take place later this year.

Two of the Radcliffe-on-Trent’s mother in Nottinghamshire has kept the NKD trademark name since 2009 and ended in 2019.

He said that he had a six -month window to renew, but that he defined it as a “big mistake”.

“This six -month window came to the beginning of Covid and appeared for all businesses, including chaos and beauty salons, and I missed the expiration.”

“When I came to save the trademark again, I was actually starting from scratch, I didn’t renew an existing one.”

L’Oréal said that Urban Decay, who has a series of eye shadow palettes called naked, has objected on the basis of having makeup brand.

“There was no evidence of consumer confusion. Nobody in 15 years of trade ‘Are you the same brand as urban -rotting naked?’

Dowdeswell said the BBC would be decided by the government’s public offering, but the hearing was postponed.

Public offering “VERY IMPORTANT” CASE CASE LIVES DELIVERPartly due to Brexit.

Before Brexit, he said that trademarks could be recorded in the European Union (EU) or the UK or both.

After Brexit, 1.4 million trademarks with the EU will enter into force in the UK.

Dowdeswell, who spent more than £ 30,000 to object to the opposition of L’Oréal with the BBC, said that he had a temporary break from the proceedings.

“When I came to save them again, L’Oréal recorded his objections and I had to defend myself for the last three years.” He said.

“Coping was really stressful, but I enjoyed him metaphorically and enjoying a break from him.

“Gez, I noticed how much it costs me last year. My family, my little children and my personal to me.

“I’m ready to fight again. I think L’Oréal just thinks I’m going to go – and I’m not.”

In contrast, L’Oréal spokesman said: “We are completely determined to solve any misunderstanding that it may be in Rebecca Dowdeswell.

“In 2022, since the beginning of our stock exchanges with his lawyers, we have respected our long -standing trademark rights while supporting work requests.

“We look forward to solving this issue in a mutually acceptable way.”

The public offering confirmed that a hearing date was determined for November 5th.

He usually added that a decision would be expected after about nine months.

Dowdeswell added: “I often asked myself to polish an expression that L’Oréal knew very well – ‘Is it worth it?’ ‘