Meghan Markle faces yet another blow as Hollywood dream hangs in the balance

Meghan Markle has faced another setback in the launch of her lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard.

The Duchess of Sussex is hoping to unveil her new business early next year and will be bringing out a new Netflix show to tie in with the project. However, American Riviera Orchard has suffered a trademark blunder as the US Patent and Trademark Office has denied Meghan's latest application.

It seems the decision is all to do with the company's logo . The US Patent and Trademark Office found issue with the 'O' in the logo, claiming its "description is inconsistent with the mark on the drawing".

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"Descriptions must be accurate and identify only those literal and design elements appearing in the mark," the official "non-final action" document from the US Patent and Trademark Office stated.

The document, which has been obtained by the Daily Mail , continued: "In particular, the current mark description indicates that the letter 'O' appears in the mark. However, the letter is now clearly visible or highly stylized that it is unrecognizable as a letter.

"Furthermore, the description is incomplete because it does not describe all the elements in the mark." Some edits were suggested in the document.

"The following description is suggested, if accurate: The mark consists of a double lined octagon enclosing the stylized and overlapping letters ‘AR’ and incorporating decorative and looping lines. The latter ‘A’ contains a stylized flower at the top of the letter," the statement continued.

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Meghan has faced other issues with the US Patent and Trademark Office. Her trademark application was previously denied because the office doesn’t allow businesses to trademark geographic locations.

American Riviera is the nickname for the area of Montecito where Meghan lives with her husband Prince Harry. A source has suggested Meghan's teams are now picking their brains for an alternative name.

They suggested Meghan could make a move similar to Kim Kardashian and change the name of her business after it's launched. "The team are thinking of backups as we speak just in case," they told The Express .

They added: "They’ve been put into a bit of a last-minute spin but they’re not too worried because they are aware that Kim K also changed her brand name after launch and it still did amazingly well."

This latest setback comes after Meghan was said to have been "humiliated" after being "rejected" by Kris Jenner. A source claimed to Closer Magazine: "Kris has a lot on her plate, but ultimately people can’t help but wonder if she’s dropped them because she’s seen the disastrous opinion polls on the Sussexes."

They added: "No doubt they [Harry and Meghan] felt they were lowering their standards a little by associating with the Kardashians, so to end up being rejected by them is a pretty big blow. Meghan had eventually come around to the idea and was excited to be working with Kardashians."

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