Ariana Grande Sues Trademark Office to Register Charity Concert

July 2, 2024, 3:28 PM UTC

Musical artist Ariana Grande’s company sued the US Patent and Trademark Office seeking to reverse its refusal to register the trademark “One Love Manchester,” which refers to a charity concert she held in 2017 to honor victims of a deadly bombing at one of her previous events.

The PTO and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board wrongly denied the One Love Manchester mark by determining it was too similar to other marks featuring the phrase “One Love,” according to the complaint filed Monday by Grande’s company, GrandAri Inc., in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The ...

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