Lady Gaga scores key victory in ‘Mayhem’ surf brand’s trademark lawsuit

[Teletubby 154,034]

Lady Gaga will not have to stop selling Mayhem album and tour merchandise after a surf company lost its legal bid for a trademark infringement injunction against the pop superstar.

It’s a key win for Gaga (Stefani Germanotta) in the lawsuit filed back in March by Lost Surfboards, which has been selling surf equipment and apparel emblazoned with the word “Mayhem” since the 1980s. The company alleged the artwork for Gaga’s chart-topping album, Mayhem, infringed its logo, and it sought to bar her from putting it on merch for her ongoing Mayhem Ball tour.  

Judge Fernando M. Olguin rejected that initial request on Monday (Dec. 15), saying there’s little merit to the trademark infringement claims. While technically not a final ruling, the judge’s decision strongly indicates that he will not allow the case to make it to trial.

https://www.billboard.com/pro/lady-gaga-mayhem-logo-lawsuit-star-key-win-against-surf-co/

[nATAH 52,002]

good!

[weed 75,325]

reject their claim, reject their claim, Judge Fernando 

[River 120,159]

Amazing

Now she can do the tour all over again but with the original logo on the poster 

[Lord Mayhem 2,005]

Total Mayhem in court 

[Anderson123 39,665]

Mayhem (Courtroom Edition) vinyl variant with bigger logo letters coming next week.

[elsamars 4,545]

Oh no, does this mean that this decision will open doors for strong rich artists stealing art from smaller indie ones?

[Ilia Malinin 1,841]

"Meanwhile, Lost Surfboards’ attorney Keith Bremer said they will keep fighting.

'While we would have preferred a different outcome at this preliminary stage, we respect the court’s reasoning and look forward to continuing this process,'"

if you really respected the reasoning, you wouldn't keep fighting it

Edited 11 hours ago by Ilia Malinin

[DopeEnigma 1,601]

Incoming: Mayhem - Surfs Up Alone At Sea Vinyl Variant Edition

[Quentin 6,494]

5 minutes ago, DopeEnigma said:

Incoming: Mayhem - Surfs Up Alone At Sea Vinyl Variant Edition

I heard there's gonna be Seaside on it 

[Gagaplayer315 14,320]

MAYHEM Seaside edition surfboards are coming 

[huttont 5,496]

I was reading too fast and read smurf brand lawsuit and was like why are the smurfs beefing with gaga??

 

bc she sided with the gnomes when she recorded Hello Hello  

[Starmie25 20,253]

41 minutes ago, huttont said:

bc she sided with the gnomes when she recorded Hello Hello  

[meltedplastic 539]

i hope this means we get new merch with that original logo bc that gothic font is so ugly boots