Posted on 07/20/2007 8:46:52 PM PDT by melt
Rocker Jon Bon Jovi is threatening legal action against the makers of energy drink Mijovi -- because he thinks the beverage bears too much similarity to his own name.
Marcos Carrington launched the coffee-based product in 2004 and claims he was inspired to name the drink Mijovi after his girlfriend Jovita.
But the singer is demanding Carrington change the product label -- which is also marketed using the slogans "itsmijovi" and "itsmilife" -- or face a court battle.
In a recent letter to Carrington, Bon Jovi's lawyer Peter Laird says, "As you should be aware, one of Bon Jovi's most popular songs is entitled "It's My Life."
"We hereby demand that you immediately cease and desist all further use of the name Mijovi and 'It's My Life.'"
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His current album hit #1 on Billboard just last month.
C’mon...admit it...you all know you love teh Jovi... ;-)
He's one of those one hit wonders, in his case he wrote a bubble gum song little pre-teen 12 year old girls liked for about 12 weeks, then his career was over. I think that was about 20 or 30 years ago, and he's still trying to impress 12 year old little girls, but not having much luck.
If it wasn't for the Deadlist Catch on Discovery his screeching would not intrude on My Life
Yeah, but at least both The Animals and Talk Talk had some talent and listenability!
Oh my gosh... I am nearly speechless, unless you all are forgetting your sarc tags.
What's the name of it: Greatest Hits, 1983-87?
I'm teasing, but you know...
That gay looking Bon Jovi dude racked up 70 mil last year according to Forbes. Un_freakin_believable’
My suspicion is he gets the lion’s share. The band is on salary
Are you sure you're not thinking of Gary Glitter?
You’ve got the wrong guy.
Nope. Didn’t forget them.
If he wrote anything, I haven’t heard of it. But then again, I’m “old”. I only listen to classic rock from back in the day they made real music.
You mean like Steve Miller or The Who?
You said it. He does suck.
He “creates” a name (his name is John Francis Bongiovi) and sues a company for using it... friggin JERK.
Lost Highway is the name of the album.
I’ll forgive you. :)
No, I don’t. I know who he is, I just haven’t heard anything he wrote since his first record, and even then I never listened to anything he wrote.
I rarely listen to any music at all, except for some occasional classic rock. I hear some stuff blaring on the radio sometimes, but I don’t pay much attention to it. I usually listen to talk radio when driving.
Told you, I’m old. I turned off music for good when that rap crap started.
The “gay-looking dude” is one of the few rockers out there who married and is still married to his high school sweetheart.
I mean Stevie Ray Vaughan is dead, and we can’t get Jon Bon Jovi in a helicopter. Come on, folks. “Get on that helicopter John. Shut the —— up and get on that helicopter! There’s a hair dresser in there. Yeah, go ahead in there, yeah yeah.”
- Dennis Leary
Yep. Stuff from that era.
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