Black Owned Skin Care Company Drops Lawsuit Against Kim Kardashian

Last year a Black spa owner filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Kim Kardashian accusing her of copying her branding for Kim's skin care line [click here if you missed that]. 

The case has been dropped...

From Radar Online 

Kim Kardashian’s battle with a New York esthetician over the name of her beauty brand has come to an end, RadarOnline.com has learned.

According to court documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, the company Beauty Concepts aka SKKN PLUS and SKKN+ have informed the court they are dropping all claims against the famous reality star and her companies.

Last year, Kardashian announced her KKW Beauty would be renamed SKKN By Kim. However, a New York esthetician named Cydnie Lunsford said the name infringed on her trademarks.

Lunsford founded a company called Beauty Concepts which she said owned the rights to the “SKKN+” trademark.

The reality star’s lawyer said he had attempted to work out a settlement with Lunsford but they refused to allow Kardashian to use the mark.

“We pointed out that running a small esthetician business in Brooklyn does not give it the right to shut down a global skincare line,” Kardashian’s lawyer added. “Since we’ve done nothing wrong, we stood our ground.”

Lunsford dismissed the case with prejudice meaning she cannot refile the case at a later date.