The toy company, which closed all its UK stores last year, says the name of the KidzRus nursery group in Manchester infringes on its trademarks.
KidzRus was contacted by solicitors for Geoffrey LLC, which operates the Toys R Us brand, in November 2018, three months after the nursery group had applied to register the trademark ‘Kidzrus Nursery Ltd’ for £500.
Geoffrey LLC says it owns the UK and EU registrations for ‘R Us’ trademarks and has asked for the Kidzrus application to be withdrawn and the name of the group to be changed.
The solicitor’s letter to Kidzrus states, ‘Your UK trade mark application has come to our client’s attention. Our client has very serious concerns about your application and your use of the Kidzrus Private Day Nursery Every Child, Every Chance and device mark because of the “R us” element, which clearly derives from our client’s family of “R US” marks.’
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