Who owns "Pink"? Shirtmaker Thomas Pink fights Victoria's Secret in London
British shirtmaker Thomas Pink is asking London's High Court to stop Victoria's Secret from suing it in the US over the "Pink" trademark. At the heart of it is an old settlement.
Symbolic image · Photo: Harrison Keely / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (cropped and resized)
British shirtmaker Thomas Pink asked a London court on 20 October to stop a US lawsuit brought by Victoria's Secret, legal news service Law360 reported. Victoria's Secret claims that a new women's casualwear and athleticwear line by Thomas Pink infringes its well-known "Pink" trademarks; the lingerie company filed the suit in September, according to World IP Review. Thomas Pink argues, per Law360, that the US case runs afoul of a settlement between the two companies.
According to World IP Review, a decade-old coexistence agreement is now under scrutiny at the High Court. No court decision had been reported initially.