Lady Gaga asks Surf brand to repay legal bill over MAYHEM lawsuit

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2 hours ago, Controversiaga said:

It didn’t ruin anything for Gaga, come on. She had an amazingly successful tour and made a lot of money, and the logo had NOTHING to do with whether people were gonna buy a ticket or not!! lol 

if I was the creator of the original surf mayhem logo and then I saw Gaga’s mayhem logo, I’d certainly want them to change it, as it is very similar- again, even if it’s unintentional.

 

imo Gaga’s team should just settled it out of court with the surf company.  I feel bad for them. They did nothing wrong .  Gaga did nothing wrong either! Of course - but now it sucks for this company to first deal with an unintentional copied logo, and now have to pay for Gaga’s legal bills… it just seems unnecessary imo

sis, she had to pay lawyers, she had to be stressed for a while, she already have the copycat stigma above her head, imagine she lost the lawsuit, it would have been  a devastating PR for a person that already lives with trauma.

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8 hours ago, IllusionLover said:

If this was a certain billionaire y'all be ripping her ass up to shreds on this site 

because in that case, taylor would have been the one to sue first for a publicity stunt

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MAYHEM still alive 

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6 hours ago, Lord Mayhem said:

It ruined her logo usage for the tour and other promotional materials.

this isn't true, she quite often switches fonts for tours

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4 hours ago, Controversiaga said:

It didn’t ruin anything for Gaga, come on. She had an amazingly successful tour and made a lot of money, and the logo had NOTHING to do with whether people were gonna buy a ticket or not!! lol 

if I was the creator of the original surf mayhem logo and then I saw Gaga’s mayhem logo, I’d certainly want them to change it, as it is very similar- again, even if it’s unintentional.

 

imo Gaga’s team should just settled it out of court with the surf company.  I feel bad for them. They did nothing wrong .  Gaga did nothing wrong either! Of course - but now it sucks for this company to first deal with an unintentional copied logo, and now have to pay for Gaga’s legal bills… it just seems unnecessary imo

but the logo wasn't copied at all and they're not similar at all, definitely no where near enough to file any sort of lawsuit

this will prevent other people for thinking they can also launch a lawsuit, just because LG8 happens to share the same name as their incredibly local unrelated business

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truly a mayhem for them surfs 

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14 minutes ago, nATAH said:

but the logo wasn't copied at all and they're not similar at all, definitely no where near enough to file any sort of lawsuit

this will prevent other people for thinking they can also launch a lawsuit, just because LG8 happens to share the same name as their incredibly local unrelated business

They are similar tho 

that’s why this whole thing is a thing 

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1 hour ago, River said:

sis, she had to pay lawyers, she had to be stressed for a while, she already have the copycat stigma above her head, imagine she lost the lawsuit, it would have been  a devastating PR for a person that already lives with trauma.

Ok and does the person who designed the surf mayhem logo not matter ??????? I’m gonna guess that person is not as rich as Gaga, feels gutted that a major celebrity is using a logo that not only looks like theirs but uses the exact same name as well.  Again I believe it was a very unfortunate coincidence.. but let’s not act like this would ruin lady Gaga, and look she did win! So that’s great. Now why do they gotta go aaafter this poor surfboard company for?? Gimme a break 

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29 minutes ago, Controversiaga said:

They are similar tho 

that’s why this whole thing is a thing 

they're not

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49 minutes ago, Controversiaga said:

Ok and does the person who designed the surf mayhem logo not matter ??????? I’m gonna guess that person is not as rich as Gaga, feels gutted that a major celebrity is using a logo that not only looks like theirs but uses the exact same name as well.  Again I believe it was a very unfortunate coincidence.. but let’s not act like this would ruin lady Gaga, and look she did win! So that’s great. Now why do they gotta go aaafter this poor surfboard company for?? Gimme a break 

no he does not matter, the brand sued, they took the risk, and they lost so now they have to pays.

Just because she's rich, doesn't mean that she needs to giveaway her money for a lawsuit that one day was filed against her for the dumbest reason.. she's the victim here, not the surfing brand.. it's $250k that were forced on her and she wants it back and she has every right for it.

It's not even a coincidence, it's not even the same font, not even the same style, Gaga's Mayhem font is more leaning to the rock, emo and grunge artstyle..

and nobody in their sane mind would confused between a surfing, a niche activity, brand to an album of lady gaga, the biggest pop star in the world..

If they were smart, they could have approach with a pitch for a collaboration.. but they tried to get easy money and lost.

 

Just a few example of rock bands logos

these are more mayhem than the surfing one

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13 hours ago, NUTELLA said:

They're still there

hidden beneath beautiful Epione 👄

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3 hours ago, Controversiaga said:

Ok and does the person who designed the surf mayhem logo not matter ??????? I’m gonna guess that person is not as rich as Gaga, feels gutted that a major celebrity is using a logo that not only looks like theirs but uses the exact same name as well.  Again I believe it was a very unfortunate coincidence.. but let’s not act like this would ruin lady Gaga, and look she did win! So that’s great. Now why do they gotta go aaafter this poor surfboard company for?? Gimme a break 

It’s not about Gaga needing the money, it’s about the principle of it all. The sifting company wanted to F her over for an easy buck, the judge saw right through their desperation, and now Gaga has every right to get back the money that she lost because of their greedy asses. Her being rich doesn’t negate the fact that they deserve to be punished for their actions 

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I mean they tried to sue her for 100M$ which is very personal and aggressive, I'd do the same if I was her 

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6 hours ago, nATAH said:

they're not

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5 hours ago, River said:

no he does not matter, the brand sued, they took the risk, and they lost so now they have to pays.

Just because she's rich, doesn't mean that she needs to giveaway her money for a lawsuit that one day was filed against her for the dumbest reason.. she's the victim here, not the surfing brand.. it's $250k that were forced on her and she wants it back and she has every right for it.

It's not even a coincidence, it's not even the same font, not even the same style, Gaga's Mayhem font is more leaning to the rock, emo and grunge artstyle..

and nobody in their sane mind would confused between a surfing, a niche activity, brand to an album of lady gaga, the biggest pop star in the world..

If they were smart, they could have approach with a pitch for a collaboration.. but they tried to get easy money and lost.

 

Just a few example of rock bands logos

these are more mayhem than the surfing one

Clearly we disagree! I don’t think she’s “the victim” here, nor is she the villain, obviously. I do think the surf graphic designer matters, that’s extremely bizarre for you to claim they don’t just because they wanted to protect their logo, which they have every right to… 

Oh and I think the logos do look alike!

so yeah we disagree here, see you in the next one