Liam and Noel Gallagher have gone to war with a British clothing store
If you’ve been to the UK and other places in Europe and Asia, you may have seen a clothing retailer called Oasis. The company began in 1991 in London and was once traded on the London Stock Exchange. It now operates only as an online entity.
Oasis, the band, was founded around the same time but it took a few years before they gained any kind of attention. The story goes that the name was inspired by a venue in Swindon called Oasis Leisure Centre. Noel and Liam shared a bedroom and a poster for an Inspiral Carpets gig on the wall, listing a gig there.
Now there’s a trademark fight over the name.
Noel and Liam Gallagher are trying to trademark the band’s iconic black-and-white logo.
They believe that the clothing retailer’s logo is too similar.
The challenge to Liam and Noel’s trademark move was launched by the clothing store. The Gallaghers want to protect their logo from unauthorized use for things like clothing.
Oasis (the clothing store) says that allowing Oasis (the band) to trademark their logo “would obtain an unfair advantage by virtue of free-riding on the reputation of the opponent’s trademark, thereby potentially increasing sales of its goods.”
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