If this goes through, Meghan and Harry face paying out a fortune to challenge the notice through the courts system.
Lee Curtis, a chartered trademark attorney and partner at specialist law firm HGF, said : “Filing a notice of threatened opposition is relatively easy and can be done online for free.
“The filing of a formal notice of opposition is much more involved.
“Right now, the threatened opposition delays the progress of the Sussex Royal application by at least one month, but if a formal opposition is ultimately mounted, this will involve the payment of an opposition fee, the drafting of formal grounds of opposition and the filing of evidence and legal submissions in support of the opposition.
“The whole opposition could take at least a year to get to a decision and is thus not an action entered into lightly with a possible costs award against the losing party.”
A spokeswoman for the Intellectual Property Office added: “We are unable to discuss specifics about trade mark applications while they are in progress.”
It comes after Meghan and Harry were warned they must pay their own security bill or face a furious backlash from angry Canadians.
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