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"&lt;img alt=\"1028_kardashians_tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/10/28/1028-kardashians-tmz-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Kardashian&lt;/strong&gt; sisters aren't backing down in their war with a high-end makeup company -- sources close to the K-Krew tell TMZ, they've got a secret weapon to guarantee they'll prevail in court ... trademarks up the wazoo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Kardashian girls filed requests to trademark the phrases \"Kardashian Khroma\" and \"Khroma Beauty by Kourtney, Kim, and Khloe\" earlier this summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The requests are still pending -- but sources connected with the family tell us, they're confident they'll be approved ... because the man behind the competing makeup line (named Chroma) hasn't filed for ANY trademarks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we reported, the co-owner of Chroma Makeup in Beverly Hills -- a guy named &lt;strong&gt;Michael Rey&lt;/strong&gt; -- is &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/29/kim-khloe-kourtney-kardashian-khroma-make-up-line-chroma-beverly-hills/?adid=hero1\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;threatening to sue&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; the Kardashians over the Khroma makeup line, claiming the Kardashian line will cheapen the high-end company he's built over the last 12 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's worth noting ... you don't NEED to register a trademark to pursue trademark litigation -- so Rey may NOT be up the creek without a paddle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And there's this -- while we were looking up the Kardashian trademarks, we came across another makeup company named \"Kroma.\"&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"Kroma\" filed for its trademark in 2010 ... so that could be another obstacle for the Kardashians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/09/update-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12:30 PM PT, 10/30/12&lt;/strong&gt; -- A rep for Kim tells TMZ, \"Boldface licensing + branding has gone through the appropriate legal channels in obtaining the rights to use the name Khroma Beauty by Kourtney, Kim and Khlo&amp;#233; in the Color Category with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rep adds, \"We do not believe that there is any likelihood of confusion between Khroma Beauty by Kourtney, Kim and Khlo&amp;#233; and any other entity ... We adamantly object to statements about the products quality due to the distribution choice.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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