NEW YORK – The licensing world is buzzing about array of trademark applications filed by the Dutchess of Sussex.
The series of applications to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office casts a wide net, according to People magazine’s review of Megan Markle’s potential licensing categories.
If the licensing program gets off the ground, it will do so under Meghan Markle’s new brand: American Riviera Orchard. The brand launched online on March 14 with a static landing page that invites visitors to sign up for email alerts. A similar page has been set up on Instagram.
The whole home approach includes furniture, wallpaper, pillows, candles, picture frames, live flower arrangements, gardening items, gift wrap, aromatherapy items, food, pet wares from leashes to dog beds, skin care and cosmetics, jewelry, stationery, cookbooks and food.
Product breakout categories cited by People include:
Home Textiles
Household linen; bedspreads; bed blankets; pillow cases; bed sheets; bed skirts; throws; bath linen; interior decoration fabrics; table linens; textiles coasters, placemats, napkins and tablecloths; curtains; ken towels; kitchen linens; woven fabrics; textile wall hangings; and beach blankets and beach towels.
Tabletop
Bowls; dishes; beverage glassware; teapots; drinking cups and saucers; carafes; serving dishes; pitchers; jars for jams and jellies of crystal; glass jars sold empty; jars for jams and jellies of glass; spoons for serving jams and fruit preserves; crockery, honey pot and dipper sets, glass jars.
Kitchenware
Bakeware; pots, roasting dishes; pans; mon-electric coffee makers and tea kettles; cooking utensils; cookie cutters; vases; soap dispensers; soap dishes; dish cloths.
“Well-placed sources at other lifestyle brands told Page Six that American Riviera Orchard is all the gossip on industry What’sApp groups around Los Angeles,” the New York Post reported. “Tellingly, however, they have not yet heard anything about Markle hiring buyers or a sourcing team.”
Markle is “on the hunt” for a CEO to manage the brand, per the Express UK.
“But there still remain vital questions surrounding the brand: Just who is investing in it, who is working on it — and who is manufacturing the goods,” the New York Post noted.