Mariah Carey’s Black Irish Banned From The EU
American singer Mariah Carey will not be able to sell her cream liqueur Black Irish under that name in the European Union (EU) after losing a trademark battle to Dublin-based Darker Still Spirits Company, who began work on their Black Irish whiskey-and-stout-spirit drink in 2018, purchased the UK and EU trademark in January 2020 and officially released the product in June 2020.
However, although Carey and her company registered the USA trademark of her same-named product in July 2019 – ahead of Darker Still Spirits – she will be unable to market or sell that product as Irish cream until she gets the approval of the European trademark holder [Darker Still Spirits].
As a result, Carey’s Black Irish cream liqueur no longer be available – under the Black Irish name – in the EU, for the remainder of this year.