Perfect for LIPS. She’s in a different line of business, her name is Tiffany and she’s filed for Tiffany not Tiffany’s.Tiffany and Tiffany & Co worldwide, claims the name would be “likely to cause confusion”. All we can say is they don’t hold their customers in high regard if they think an eyelashes beautician in the Cotswolds is the same as that shop in NYC.. bonkers stuff.
The BBC reports
Tiffany Parmar, a Gloucestershire beautician, is being threatened with legal action by a high-end jewellery firm.
A trademark application for the name “Cotswold Lashes by Tiffany” is being opposed by lawyers for Tiffany & Co.
The jewellery chain, which owns trade mark registrations Tiffany and Tiffany & Co worldwide, claims the name would be “likely to cause confusion”.
Ms Parmar said she was fighting for the right to be able to “use my own name.”
Ms Parmar, who is a professional eyelash extension specialist, applied to trade mark her company name in April.
At the end of August a notice of “threatened opposition” was filed.
US jewellery firm Tiffany claims the name Cotswold Lashes by Tiffany would be “likely to cause confusion”
In correspondence sent to Ms Parmar’s legal representative last week, the firm’s lawyers claimed the name was “highly similar” to its clients and could bring the brand “into disrepute”.
It asserts that Cotswold Lashes by Tiffany would be “likely to cause confusion” with people assuming Tiffany & Co were “behind the products and services”.
It added that unless Ms Parmar withdrew the application by Monday it would take “any additional steps it considers necessary to protect its rights”.
Despite the threat of legal action Ms Parmar said she would continue with her application.
