Kylie Jenner tried to trademark her name and snubbed a singer

Recently Kylie Jenner applied to trademark her name, but she isn’t the only one that goes by that name.

Australian pop star Kylie Minogue filed a motion opposing her petition, as she claims that she has been performing by the name “Kylie” for years.

According to Forbes, the notice of opposition that Minogue’s American lawyers filed last week claim “priority and likelihood of confusion”, as well as both “dilution by blurring” and “dilution by tarnishment” as the reasons why Jenner shouldn’t get her request.

The “Come Into My World” singer had already trademarked her name for the following: Education and entertainment, Sound recordings, namely, music recordings; recording discs, namely, prerecorded audio discs featuring music and pre-recorded optical discs featuring music video clips and concerts; compact discs, namely, audio and video compact discs featuring music video clips, and musical recordings; and mobile telephone accessories, namely, wrist straps.

On the other hand, Jenner, who is the youngest among the Kardashian-Jenner sisters, has modelled for huge brand names and has launched books to nail polish to one-off clothing lines with outlets like Topshop by using her name and likeness.

One thing that could work in Jenner’s favour is that younger American generations probably don’t know who Kylie Minogue is, as she hasn’t had a hit single in the US in years. Her last top ten was back in 2001 when “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” made it to number seven. Before that, she only ever placed one other song in the top ten: 1989’s breakout cover hit “The Loco-Motion”. While teens might not be aware of Minogue and her impact on pop music, a judge will be.