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schmiggens said this in post #11 :
SPEARS SUED OVER ALBUM TITLE
Britney Spears and three other defendants are being sued for $10 million by a company claiming her album title has infringed its trademark slogan, "In the Zone."
Lite Breeze Inc. -- a San Diego, Calif., firm specializing in athletic clothing and sporting team uniforms throughout America under its brand name In the Zone -- has filed the case against Spears, Clear Channel Entertainment Television Holdings Inc., Signatures Network Inc. and Zomb Recording Corporation at the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
They claim Spears' album In the Zone has degraded their slogan, which is clean and "wholesome."
The lawsuit was originally filed in February but the case was put on hold because the singer did not accept service of the legal papers until May.
Rodd Garner, President of Lite Breeze, says, "We have spent over 12 years building name recognition and brand loyalty with the In the Zone and the Zone trademark.
"In the Zone is as wholesome and all-American as hotdogs and apple pie. We are associated with sporting and musical events throughout the country.
"By releasing her CD entitled In The Zone and its promotional tour, now entitled the Oynx Hotel Tour, Ms. Spears has taken Lite Breeze's brand and equated it with what Rolling Stone magazine has stated 'offers strip-club, 1-900 sex, accommodating and hollow.'" |
A trademark-infringement suit proceeded against Britney Spears on Thursday (September 9) in a San Diego court, where athletic-clothing company Lite Breeze expanded its lawsuit over the use of the phrase "In the Zone." The company claims Spears' use of its slogan as the title of her last album is causing marketplace confusion, and Lite Breeze filed a motion to add Britney's clothing company, Britney Brands, as a co-defendant. Lite Breeze attorney Kathleen Walker said she anticipates the trial will start next year...
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