Metal icons Iron Maiden is going after a women’s lingerie brand, claiming the name would be associated with the band and confuse fans. However, according to Tech Dirt’s Timothy Geigner, that’s not what is so confusing about this case.
Iron Maiden, the band, is not a band I have thought about much in the last, oh, let’s call it 20 years. They have made it onto our pages before, specifically for behaving like trademark bullies, which is apropos. I say that as the band most recently is opposing the trademark application for a lingerie company that goes by the name “Maiden Wear,” asserting that the public is going to think that the company is associated with the band because the band also sells clothing merch.
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Iron Maiden disputes women’s lingerie company trademark: ‘Maiden Wear’
