Posted on 07/10/2020 8:50:50 AM PDT by Red Badger
The trio changed their name in June in light of the term 'Antebellum' referencing a pre-abolition period in the South
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Country band Lady A has filed a lawsuit over trademark rights against a blues singer who uses the same name.
In June, the band -- previously known as Lady Antebellum -- changed their name "after much personal reflection" and conversations with "closest Black friends" because the word "Antebellum" refers to a period of time "which includes slavery," they said.
A blues singer from Seattle, Wash., however, had already been using the name for more than two decades.
Now, the country trio is taking legal action, a rep confirmed to Fox News, after the blues singer -- whose name is Anita White -- has allegedly made an “attempt to enforce purported trademarks rights in a mark that Plaintiffs have held for more than a decade," per the suit.
Additionally, the suit -- which was filed on Wednesday in Nashville’s U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee -- reportedly alleges that White and her representation “delivered a draft settlement agreement that included an exorbitant monetary demand.” According to Billboard, $10 million was requested.
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If I was the judge or jury for this, I’d award treble the amount to the blues singer. Lady whatever should be suing THEIR lawyer for failure to do a simple trademark search. Smells like lawfare by the deeper pocket and for that, there should a cost.
They are dead to me....................
How can they claim ownership of the name when the blues singer has been using it for 20 years and they’ve only been using it for a month or so?
So chicks are the new broads?
Well the band members are OBVIOUSLY liberal....
What conservative country band woukd ever change thier name to ON THIER OWN...to appease BLM?
What a bunch of sh*theads this band must be! Unbelievable. smh
Trashy people usually resort to trashy behavior. The blues singer is black. How is the law suit not racist?
I think the blues singer should countersue.
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The blues singer initiated the suit claiming they are infringing on her trademark and she is seeking $10 million.
The band is just defending themselves. Why everyone is jumping on them is testimony to not reading articles and also not understanding trademark law because one standard is likelihood of confusion that will cause harm. If anything this band using the same name will help the blues singer and her ambulance chasing attorney.
Bad look, bad form, & WHY? Makes me think they are stupid. The real Lady A all the way.
I never got the name anyway, because “Lady Antebellum” consists of a girl and two guys. I guess the girl is the lady and lead singer?
I know, if we go down that road, what about Twisted Sister and Alice Cooper, or others with gender confusing names......
LOL.
A band named after a period when slavery was legal decides to change their name to something “less racist” and is now suing a black woman to make it happen.
You can’t make this stuff up.
George Sand?...................
LADY ABELLA would have been better choice. Too bad they didn’t research to see if Lady A had been used.
The link I posted says the blues Singer demanded $10 million, but it was the band that filed suit first.
It’s comnplicated by the fact that the singer has been using it for 20 years. And the band has held a trademark for 10 years.
Since the Singer’s claim predate’s the bands, I think the band should just move on and choose another name. Unless they can reach an amible settlement.
Lady Caved to PC
Talk about white privilege.
Lady Antebellum’s attorney contacted the singer and basically said ‘sign this agreement or we'll go to court. We own the trademark for the name, and we'll let you license it for limited personal use in the Pacific Northwest, but it won't extend beyond that arena, and any work published under that name, before or after this agreement, will revert to the trademark owner when you are no longer actively using it.’
It included forbidding the publishing of music on streaming platforms, a requirement if a video is published on YouTube that it be identified as ‘Lady A, a Blues Singer from the Pacific Northwest’ and a similar qualifier anytime the Lady A name is used, be it in posters, interviews, etc.
It was a dictation to the performer how she could use a name she's been using for decades so that Lady Antebellum could make their woke action, and insulting that it was done after the band's name change. Do what we tell you and we won't sue you after you sign over all your rights (including the rights to any music she publishes after she stops performing which was a weird demand...)
Her counter demand for 10 million was indeed probably negotiating room, but Lady Antebellum has tours to plan and albums to sell, and they want to get this woke business on the road so here's the suit to make the black lady shut up.
Bad optics. Even worse as the band will try to villainize the person whom they stole the name from.
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