Whitey Ford
10-09-2022, 07:21 PM
They might of let it slide if they had just called it Niggerchella.
Coachella sues Ghana’s Afrochella for trademark infringement
https://i.ibb.co/2kcs4Qy/niggerchella.jpg
Coachella and its organisers Goldenvoice have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Ghana-based festival Afrochella.
According to the suit, which was filed in a California federal court on October 5, Goldenvoice claim that Afrochella (via Pitchfork) is “intentionally trading on the goodwill of well-known Coachella and Chella festivals and trademarks by actively promoting music events in the United States and in Ghana using the confusingly similar mark Afrochella”
The suit continued: “Not simply content to imitate and attempt to trade on the goodwill of Coachella, Defendants even went so far as to apply in Ghana to register Coachella as their own trademarks.”
“Despite repeated requests from Plaintiffs, Defendants have refused to adopt their own distinctive event name, and as a result, instances of actual confusion have already appeared on social media.”
https://www.nme.com/news/music/coachella-sues-ghanas-afrochella-for-trademark-infringement-3325106
Coachella sues Ghana’s Afrochella for trademark infringement
https://i.ibb.co/2kcs4Qy/niggerchella.jpg
Coachella and its organisers Goldenvoice have filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Ghana-based festival Afrochella.
According to the suit, which was filed in a California federal court on October 5, Goldenvoice claim that Afrochella (via Pitchfork) is “intentionally trading on the goodwill of well-known Coachella and Chella festivals and trademarks by actively promoting music events in the United States and in Ghana using the confusingly similar mark Afrochella”
The suit continued: “Not simply content to imitate and attempt to trade on the goodwill of Coachella, Defendants even went so far as to apply in Ghana to register Coachella as their own trademarks.”
“Despite repeated requests from Plaintiffs, Defendants have refused to adopt their own distinctive event name, and as a result, instances of actual confusion have already appeared on social media.”
https://www.nme.com/news/music/coachella-sues-ghanas-afrochella-for-trademark-infringement-3325106