One of the UK’s best-loved murder mystery firms, Red Herring Games, has lost a two-year battle to retain trademark ownership of its brand name in the USA.
A company providing a similar theatrical service in Colorado challenged the use after the managing director of the award-winning business failed to tick it off the never-ending to-do list that comes with running such an enterprise.
“It’s a huge disappointment,” said Jo Smedley, the woman behind the Grimsby operation. “Nearly 40 per cent of our customers have been US-based since we began trading in 2007, and up until this we have had no challenges over our brand name in the USA.”
