The Right to a Designer’s Name - Elizabeth Emanuel

In 1981, Elizabeth Emanuel, together with her husband became one of the most famous design teams in the world following on from their design of the wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer in her marriage to Prince Charles.

However, Ms Emanuel was subsequently divorced from her husband and in 1990 Ms Emanuel began trading solely under the trade mark ELIZABETH EMANUEL. In 1996, together with a company called Hamlet International Plc, Ms Emanuel formed a company called Elizabeth Emanuel Plc (EE Plc). Ms Emanuel assigned to EE Plc her business of designing and selling clothing, all assets in the business including its goodwill and an application to register the mark ELIZABETH EMANUEL which was registered in 1997.