{"id":113836,"date":"2026-01-27T13:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113836\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:52:32","slug":"brooklyn-beckhams-ig-attack-on-david-and-victoria-spotlights-celebrity-name-trademarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113836\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Beckham\u2019s IG attack on David and Victoria spotlights celebrity name trademarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cBrand Beckham\u201d always comes first, Brooklyn Beckham said in an Instagram outburst against his parents, David and Victoria, \u200clast week, that shone a spotlight on the legal protections a growing number of famous families attach to their own names.<\/p>\n<p>The Instagram Stories post by the eldest son of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/travel-leisure\/article\/3238062\/travel-david-and-victoria-beckham-5-luxury-hotels-couple-have-stayed-their-first-holiday-their?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David and Victoria Beckham<\/a> not only fuelled worldwide online gossip but also highlighted an unusual aspect of celebrity trademarks.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">UK filings show the names of David and Victoria\u2019s four children are registered as trademarks, with Victoria listed as owner in her capacity as a parent and guardian. Brooklyn\u2019s name was registered as a trademark in Britain in 2016, when he was 17.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Brooklyn\u2019s registration, covering beauty, cosmetics, clothing, toys and entertainment, and other classes, according \u2060to the UK Intellectual Property Office, will expire in December.<\/p>\n<p>What is the trademark dispute about?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBrand Beckham\u201d always comes first, Brooklyn Beckham said in an Instagram outburst against his parents, David and Victoria,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[50612,47799,98,3247,100,99,50613,50611,50610,50614,6716,50615,50616,10759,9,24,3248,63,48722,50617,3246],"class_list":["post-113836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-authentic-brands-group","tag-brand-beckham","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-beckham","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-burnell-chambers","tag-celebrity-name-trademarks","tag-celebrity-trademarks","tag-cloud23","tag-david-beckham","tag-james-corlett","tag-katie-perry","tag-kylie-jenner","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nicola-peltz","tag-nyc","tag-spice-girls","tag-uk-intellectual-property-office","tag-victoria-beckham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}