{"id":79937,"date":"2024-04-19T12:17:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/04\/19\/pharrell-williams-and-pink-in-legal-dispute-over-his-p-inc-trademark\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T12:17:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T16:17:56","slug":"pharrell-williams-and-pink-in-legal-dispute-over-his-p-inc-trademark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/04\/19\/pharrell-williams-and-pink-in-legal-dispute-over-his-p-inc-trademark\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharrell Williams and Pink In Legal Dispute Over His \u2018P.Inc\u2019 Trademark"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tPink<\/a> has filed a legal action against Pharrell Williams<\/a> over his efforts to secure a trademark on the term \u201cP.Inc\u201d \u2013 a case that comes just weeks after Pharrell was hit with a similar branding dispute case by a longtime friend.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an action filed Thursday at a federal tribunal, lawyers for Pink (real name Alecia Moore<\/strong>) claim that the trademark Pharrell is trying to register is so similar to her stage name that it\u2019s \u201clikely to cause confusion, mistake and\/or deception\u201d among consumers who see it.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe case was filed by Pink\u2019s company, Lefty Paw Print, which owns numerous trademark registrations to her name, against Pharrell\u2019s company, PW IP Holdings. Reps for Pharrell did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tPharrell Williams and Chad Hugo Locked In Legal Dispute Over \u2018Neptunes\u2019 Name\u00a0Rights\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n

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\n\tThe new legal battle comes less than a month after Pharrell was hit with the same type of trademark action<\/a> by Chad Hugo<\/strong>, his longtime producing partner and childhood friend. Hugo claims that Pharrell is \u201cfraudulently\u201d seeking sole control over the trademarks to \u201cThe Neptunes\u201d \u2013 the name of their prolific 2000s songwriting partnership \u2013 even though they have always split the group\u2019s assets.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the time, Pharrell\u2019s reps said he had been \u201csurprised\u201d by Hugo\u2019s accusations, and that his \u201cNeptunes\u201d trademark applications had been solely designed to \u201cmake sure a third party doesn\u2019t get a hold of the trademark.\u201d Hugo\u2019s lawyers rejected that explanation, calling the trademark applications \u201ca land grab in a long simmering dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAt issue in the new case is an application to register \u201cP.Inc\u201d as a federal trademark, which his lawyers say he intends to use for a wide range of services, including \u201cpromotional marketing services in the field of music.\u201d A trademark registration is what allows brands to place the (R) symbol next to their name, and makes it easier to sue people who use it without permission.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe application was filed last year by PW IP Holdings LLC, Pharrell\u2019s company that also owns such trademark registrations for his band N.E.R.D., his Miami-based Goodtime Hotel, and numerous other brand names connected to the superstar.<\/p>\n

\n\tPink\u2019s attorneys did not immediately return a request for comment on the dispute.<\/p>\n

\n\tEven before Pink filed her case on Thursday, Pharrell\u2019s application for the \u201cP. Inc\u201d trademark had already drawn legal opposition from another entity that has prominently used the name \u201cPink\u201d for its goods.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat would be Victoria\u2019s Secret, which since 2002 has sold a line of PINK lingerie and apparel. The retail giant filed its own case against Pharrell\u2019s company last month, making similar arguments that Pharrell\u2019s trademark would be confusingly similar to its own name.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOpposer\u2019s use of its \u2018Victoria\u2019s Secret PINK\u2019 and \u2018PINK\u2019 marks predates applicant\u2019s filing date,\u201d the company\u2019s lawyers wrote in a March 21 filing. \u201cApplicant\u2019s mark is highly similar to, and is the phonetic equivalent of, opposer\u2019s \u2018PINK\u2019 marks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pink has filed a legal action against Pharrell Williams over his efforts to secure a trademark on the term \u201cP.Inc\u201d \u2013 a case that comes just weeks after Pharrell was hit with a similar branding dispute case by a longtime friend. In an action filed Thursday at a federal tribunal, lawyers for Pink (real name […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}