Fashion icon in legal battle to use her own name

Fashion icon Karen Millen is fighting a legal battle at the High Court for the right to use her own name for a new business. The businesswoman, who sold her clothing brand in 2004, wants to set up the new brands ‘Karen’ or ‘Karenx’ for a homewares or lifestyle business. But her former company claims this would breach the terms of her sale of the business and would compete with the existing brand. Millen agreed on restrictions on the use…