EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Kate Moss faces legal battle over name Cosmoss

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Supermodel Kate Moss faces bitter legal battle over name of her much-hyped new ‘wellness’ brand Cosmoss

For a woman known for her hedonistic lifestyle, launching a ‘wellness’ range was always an unlikely change of career for Kate Moss.

But I can reveal that the supermodel faces a bitter legal battle with a pharmaceutical company over the name of her much-hyped new brand, Cosmoss.

Moss, 48, applied to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) earlier this year to trademark Cosmoss for a variety of applications, from aromatherapy candles, vitamin supplements and teas to magazines, videos and home furnishings.

However, newly published documents reveal that a Danish business, Pharmacosmos, has formally objected to her application. The company, which makes products for those suffering iron deficiencies, has been in business for more than 50 years.

For a woman known for her hedonistic lifestyle, launching a ‘wellness’ range was always an unlikely change of career for Kate Moss

Moss, 48, applied to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) earlier this year to trademark Cosmoss for a variety of applications, from aromatherapy candles, vitamin supplements and teas to magazines, videos and home furnishings

When a British trademark application is opposed, both parties give their evidence and a decision is made by a hearing officer at the IPO. The losing party can then appeal to an appointed lawyer. But the losing party can instead appeal to a court, which would be more expensive.

The Danish firm is not the only company to object to Moss’s choice of name. At the European Union Intellectual Property Office, three other companies have opposed Moss’s application: a German shoe business, a ‘surgical and medical instrument manufacturing company’ also based in Germany, and a vaccine manufacturer in Indonesia.

The reason given by all four for their objections is a ‘likelihood of confusion’.

I can reveal that the supermodel faces a bitter legal battle with a pharmaceutical company over the name of her much-hyped new brand, Cosmoss

Moss (pictured) launched Cosmoss amid great fanfare in August, claiming that it would ‘open a door’ to ‘balance, restoration, and love’. It’s been likened to a British version of Gwyneth Paltrow’s U.S. wellness company, Goop.

It was a big change for Moss, who was branded ‘Cocaine Kate’ in 2005 after pictures surfaced which a newspaper claimed showed her snorting drugs at a music studio. She lost her £1 million contract with H&M and booked herself into a rehab clinic.

Both Pharmacosmos and Moss declined to comment.

No one will squeal with the girlish excitement of Savannah Miller as Christmas approaches. The fashion designer — older sister of actress Sienna Miller — is, she says, ‘full on’ for a ‘Christmas-themed’ December wedding.

‘I can’t wait,’ adds Savannah, 43, though declining to say whether it will be at her fiance Jim Whewell’s 1,000-acre family estate, Wyresdale Park in Lancashire, or at her place in the Cotswolds.

The couple shouldn’t struggle to find bridesmaids or pages. Aside from Savannah’s own offspring — Moses, Lyra and Bali — by her first husband, they can call on her niece, Marlowe, Sienna’s daughter by ex-fiance Tom Sturridge.

It’s a first marriage for Whewell, 41, but he can turn to his sister Sarah, who has two children with Anselm Guise, only son of baronet Sir Christopher Guise.

And surely a role can be found for Anselm’s sister Ruth — Savannah’s best friend — who now steps out with . . . Savannah’s ex-husband, Nick Skinner.

Happy families — and crackers — all round.

Savannah Miller — older sister of actress Sienna Miller — is, she says, ‘full on’ for a ‘Christmas-themed’ December wedding

OUR beloved late Queen would, no doubt, have loathed The Crown had she ever felt the need to watch the hit Netflix series, but she might have approved of the way Imelda Staunton prepared to play her. ‘I’d go out into the garden with the dog, trying to speak like the Queen. Jim [her husband, actor Jim Carter] saw me and came out saying, “What on earth are you doing?” ‘I asked him, “Could you hear me?” And he replied that indeed he could and it was like a mad person wittering on. ‘There were times I didn’t even know when I was doing it — wandering about, being the Queen.’

Margaret’s girl makes her society debut… in Soho 

Once upon a time, young royal women would make their society debuts at glittering balls during the height of the Season. Now, they opt for wild parties at former strip clubs. 

Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones, who was a bridesmaid at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding in 2011, was the talk of Tatler magazine’s Little Black Book party at The Windmill in Soho.

That’s the London venue best known for its nude tableaux vivants, immortalised in Mrs Henderson Presents, the 2005 film starring Dame Judi Dench.

Lady Margarita, daughter of David Linley, the 2nd Earl of Snowdon, wore a bespoke, faux fur coat designed by Michael Kors, that conjured up memories of her grandmother, Princess Margaret, pictured at a 1951 film premiere, a stone’s throw away in Leicester Square.

The 20-year-old student at Oxford Brookes University has inherited the creative skills of her carpenter father, becoming a silver jewellery designer.

Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones was the talk of Tatler magazine’s Little Black Book party at The Windmill in Soho

Lady Margarita wore a bespoke, faux fur coat designed by Michael Kors, that conjured up memories of her grandmother, Princess Margaret, pictured at a 1951 film premiere, a stone’s throw away in Leicester Square

The 20-year-old student at Oxford Brookes University, who was a bridesmaid at Will and Kate’s wedding, has inherited the creative skills of her carpenter father, becoming a silver jewellery designer

How Hogan lost his bow tie to Di 

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan will never forget his encounter with Princess Diana, for whom he performed at a royal event in his native Australia and later met at the London premiere of his hit film’s sequel in 1988. ‘I’ve just had the luckiest life,’ admits the actor, 83. ‘You’re talking to a man who actually danced with Princess Diana, who reached over to me and pulled the clip-on bow tie off my shirt and said: “Oh, look at that — they’re just like a real one.”’

McCartney serves up her dream dish 

Twice-married Mary McCartney is in confessional mood — so much so that she’s prepared to blurt it out while filming her new cookery programme, Mary McCartney Serves It Up.

Mother-of-four Mary, 53, who’s been happily married to Simon Aboud since 2010, steams up as she comes within spatula-stirring distance of one of her guests.

‘I had a massive crush on you,’ she declares, garnishing her comment with a girlish, ‘Oh, my God!’

Twice-married Mary McCartney is in confessional mood — so much so that she’s prepared to blurt it out while filming her new cookery programme, Mary McCartney Serves It Up

So who’s her dream dish? None other than the ‘Groover from Vancouver’, Bryan Adams.

What more perfect gift could the rock star (above) wish for on his 63rd birthday, which the life-long bachelor celebrates today?

Perhaps Alicia Grimaldi, his one-time personal assistant, would disagree: she’s the mother of Bryan’s two daughters.

Here’s some tantalising news for Spice Girls fans: I hear the group are due to get back together tonight at the 50th birthday party for Geri Horner, aka Ginger Spice.

She and her husband, Formula One team boss Christian Horner, are hosting the bash at their Oxfordshire home, and all five band members are expected, including Victoria Beckham. Geri postponed the do in September after the death of the Queen.

The singer’s an ardent royalist whose tribute to Her Majesty was broadcast as part of the Party At The Palace during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June.

Here’s some tantalising news for Spice Girls fans: I hear the group are due to get back together tonight at the 50th birthday party for Geri Horner, aka Ginger Spice

(Very) modern manners 

It’s not just the lower orders who are feeling the pinch.

Countess Bathurst has been left nursing some nasty injuries, thanks to her efforts to save energy as the nights draw in.

‘I have these random bruises on my legs,’ confides the chatelaine of Cirencester Park, the Gloucestershire stately home where Princes William and Harry have played polo. ‘I’ve realised it’s because I refuse to turn the lights on when walking round the house after dark and I suspect I bump into more things than I notice.’

Earl Bathurst’s 57-year-old wife adds: ‘I’m trying to save the planet — and I’m mean.’

Actress turned Prime Suspect creator Lynda La Plante recalls how she got her revenge on her drama school head at RADA who told her she would never be a success because she wasn’t tall or pretty enough. ‘Luckily, I proved him wrong. And years later, when I was in a play with Anthony Hopkins, playing the glamorous, lead actress, I gave him short shrift when he came to see my performance.’

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