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Meghan Duchess of Sussex has received a setback in her exercise in branding after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tossed out her proposed American Riviera Orchard trademark for the jam and other goods she plans to hawk. Although the brand was unveiled earlier this year, there has been nothing to buy. The rejection indicated that another website is already selling “American Riviera” candles, according to the Daily Mail. “Registration is refused because the applied-for mark is primarily geographically descriptive,” the office said in its rejection. “Commonly used nicknames for geographic lo…

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