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saying that it amounted to copyright infringement of her own Nude Skincare.
This was a trademark dispute, not a copyright case. Contemporary coverage and legal summaries of the High Court case describe Nude Brands' claim as trade mark infringement over the word “NUDE”/“STELLANUDE.”
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The article misstates the legal basis of the case. The dispute was about trade marks/branding, not copyright.
Contemporary Associated Press coverage reported that Judge Christopher Floyd denied Nude Brands' bid to stop the launch while it sued for trademark infringement over the use of the word "nude." A legal summary from Osborne Clarke likewise says Nude Brands argued that marketing perfume as STELLANUDE would infringe its registered trade mark rights in NUDE.
That matches the nature of the dispute: it concerned use of a brand name/mark in commerce, which is a trademark issue. Copyright protects original creative works, not ownership of a word mark like NUDE for cosmetics/perfume branding.
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- McCartney Cleared To Launch Scent - CBS News
High Court Judge Christopher Floyd denied Thursday a bid by Nude Brands Ltd., to have the launch stopped while it sued for trademark infringement.
- Nude/Strip cases bare all in the High Court | marketinglaw
NBL claimed that the marketing and sale of a perfume under the STELLANUDE name would infringe NBL's registered rights in the mark NUDE... and there was an arguable case of trade mark infringement.