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Aug 12 2009 - 11:59am It's the battle of the nudes, but in the most G-rated of senses. Designer Stella McCartney is being
sued over the use of this stripped-down word. Her new scent,
StellaNude Eau de Toilette Spray ($43 to $81) is the product in question.
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No one says, "Hey, I just bought Nude from the beauty store!" It's just a common word for hells sake! Companies are so sue happy now that the economy is going down the toilet!
1Jeebus, what a dumb lawsuit. Oh and soapbox, LMAO!
2Stella has had her perfume on the market since when... 2003?
3That's a long time, and she has built her reputation with her clothing line as well. Why a new comer would sue is just plain stupidity, and a waste of time/money.
The Twilight perfume/Nina Ricci perfume is a valid lawsuit because the packaging is intentionally misleading. In this case, there clearly wouldn't be confusion. The word nude already existed. It's a frivolous lawsuit.
4Oh for pity's sake, why is anyone able to claim ownership over a word???
5If the name was trademarked and they are considered to be in the same category, then they might have a case. Is she going to sue Dior too for the Nude makeup?
A former boss trademarked the name Access in luggage and years later Microsoft sued and lost. Morey Boogie also lost when they sued Mesa Boogie and Mesa Boogie didn't even have a trademark. Morey Boogie now has to pay Mesa Boogie to use the name Boogie.
6i highly doubt stella mccartney meant to allude to the new skincare line, and this is perfume vs. skincare. she already has her own skincare line as well. this reminds me of the bond no. 9 suit about a small perfumer using the word "peace." scent of peace is a nice perfume, but it does not reserve a common word in the english language.
7*nude, not new skincare
8*nude, not new
9the word Nude is not trademarked, she doesn't have a case
10I'm a HUGE fan of the Nude skincare line (although can't afford it, bitter rolleyes) and it's a real pain to find info on the Internet or in shops because if you type or ask for "nude skincare" you end up with with tons and tons of irrelevant beauty answers.
And when you see the two products together, it's pretty obvious they're not related.
This being said, that's what you get for picking a word like that for your brand.
Also it's pretty funny how there's a lawsuit going on, when these two probably hang out on a regular basis.
11Ali Hewson can eff off. Seriously. What a stupid thing to sue over. And as if it's going to affect her sales and as if she needs the freaking money. Disgusting.
12Nude is a *huge* word in the beauty world - I mean, can Bobbi Brown sue them both, since she's been advocating "nude makeup" for decades now? And how many cosmetic lines can you name that *don't* have some shade with the word "nude" in it? I think this is a bit silly...
13Ali Hewson must be looking for a little attention, some notority! Reminds me of Billy Ray coming back after years of hearing nothing about him (riding the back of Miley)!!
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