IPNews® – Mary Kay Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Michael Kors LLC in order to prohibit the company from registering MK as a trademark to be placed on a charm that will be affixed to Estee Lauder makeup bags.

Mary Kay and Michael Kors have battled over the MK trademark before and came to a coexistence agreement in 2005 that prohibited Michael Kors from using the trademark on cosmetic products and requiring the company’s full name to appear near the trademark.  Mary Kay claims that Michael Kors is breaching both terms in the coexistence agreement with its trademark application for an MK charm.

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