Rika Moon was born and launched in the second half of 2023. Things sailed smoothly. Products we’re made in India and Nepal and shipped to Europe. However, in March 2024 we began receiving notices from a lawyer from France who claimed our brand, Rika Moon at that time, clashes with the name of one of their clients.
First, we were ignoring the writings but then we got a notice regarding the deletion of our brand Rika Moon through the patent and trademark office. To avoid legal fees, we contacted the trademark office and requested extra time to solve the issue together with the opposing side directly. We offered to either not use the clashing classes at all or to delete them. And were of course requested to delete them.
What we noticed to late is that class 23 - fashion products, the main trading class of our brand not Rika Moon, was one of the contesting classes. Very much to our shock, it’s deleted now.
And after careful contemplation, and to avoid further legal interaction with French lawyers, we renamed ourselves into not Rika Moon.
Thank you for following our journey.