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Yoko Ono trademark challenge leaves sour taste for John Lemon beer maker

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 2 May 2026

Breton brewer forced to stop selling craft beer after Beatles singer’s widow registered lemon name to stop him being mocked

A Brittany brewer is in a squeeze after Yoko Ono ordered him to stop selling a bestselling craft beer labelled John Lemon.

The Japanese-American artist and widow of the Beatles star John Lennon claimed it was a breach of a trademark she had registered a decade ago to stop her late husband being mocked, his name misused and his reputation sullied.