Last week, Simone Kelly-Brown, CEO of Own Your Power Communications, Inc. sued Oprah Winfrey and Harpo Productions for trademark infringement. Kelly-Brown’s complaint says that her company owns a trademark on the phrase “Own Your Power” as well as the acronym “OYP.” Both the phrase and the acronym represent the concept that a [...]
Continue Reading →On March 15, a federal district judge in Pennsylvania held that defamation claims against media mogul Oprah Winfrey could proceed to trial. The plaintiff, Larato Mzamane, is the former headmistress of Oprah’s Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. She has sued Oprah for defamation, false light, and intentional infliction of emotional [...]
Continue Reading →When Moses lost the extra five commandments, I am certain one of them stated Thou Shalt Not Mess with Oprah. It’s too bad, because forty companies are about to wish they had heeded that advice.
On April 19, Oprah Winfrey, through her corporate entity, Harpo, Inc., filed trademark infringement [...]
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