Exclusive | Katy Perry wins trademark battle with Australian designer over name: I have lost everything

Katy Perry has won her yearslong legal battle with an Australian designer.The verdict was delivered in an Australian court on Thursday, Nov.21, the Sydney fashion designer by the same name confirmed to The Post.The Grammy-nominated singer, 40, has been locked in a trademark feud with the style guru by the same name since 2009.

However, the Down Under couturier was born Katie Perry.The “I Kissed a Girl” songbird’s legal name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson.Australian Katie tells The Post, “I have lost everything, including my trademark.

As you can imagine I’m devastated.”The Post reached out to Katy’s rep for comment.Katie said she was sent a cease-and-desist letter by the pop star and her representatives in an attempt to shut down her Australian clothing label, which she had been operating under her birth name since 2007.“Last week was the end of one of the biggest battle of my business career, The “David and Goliath case” – legal action against the singer, Katy Perry, for infringing my Katie Perry trade mark in Australia – which I’ve held since 29th September 2008,” the Aussie Katie wrote in a blog post in 2022.The “Roar” singer lost the battle last year after it was determined she had infringed on the dud maker’s trademark — but the diva didn’t back down.

Pop star Katy filed an appeal, sending them back to court again.The designer previously said she had experienced “nightmares” and “insomnia” after allegedly being trolled by the pop star’s fans amid the legal war.She also recalled one painful moment during the trial when she was forced to read emails between the singer and her manager where Perry called the designer a “dumb b–ch.”Katy’s manager, Steven Jensen, brushed off the comments.“Artists are emotional people.

Emotions are what drive their talent,” said Jensen at the time.“That was an emotional response, not directed at Ms.Taylor personally.”After the Australian Federal Court sided wit...