According to consequence.net metal band Iron Maiden have allegedly taken legal action to block an alleged undergarment company from allegedly trademarking the name Maiden Wear, due to how the name is allegedly “likely to deceive or cause consumer confusion.”

According to Complete MusicUpdate, a Los Angeles resident named Min Yu Chen is allegedly trying to trademark the Maiden Wear brand to allegedly sell abdominal corsets, shapewear, bras, lingerie and panties.

Lawyers Iron Maiden have allegedly argue that the band owns the “Iron Maiden” trademark for their own line of merchandise, including apparel such as “t-shirts, tank tops, long sleeve shirts, shorts, jerseys, sweatshirts, sweatpants, pants, jackets, hats, leather wrist bands, scarves and shoes.”

The band’s legal filing with the US Trademark Trial & Appeal Board reads, in part:

“The dominant term in applicant’s Maiden Wear mark is Maiden and therefore the mark is confusingly similar in appearance and connotation to opposer’s Iron Maiden mark. Moreover, the goods set forth in the Maiden Wear application are related to or the same as goods covered by the Iron Maiden registration and/or for which opposer has acquired common law rights in the United States.”

The filing continues with: “Thus, applicant’s Maiden Wear mark, when used in connection with the goods described in the Maiden Wear application, is likely to deceive or cause consumer confusion or mistake among members of the public and potential purchasers as to the source, sponsorship or composition of applicant’s goods in relation to opposer’s goods. Such confusion will damage opposer and injure its reputation in the trade and with the public.”

On another different note there is a women’s underwear company called Maidenform, which has been around since 1922, pre-dating Iron Maiden by more than a half century. There have not been any issues between Maidenform and Iron Maiden.

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