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

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.