In response to a demand that it pay $5 million and cast several artists in the hit TV series Empire, Fox filed a trademark lawsuit on Monday seeking a declaration that it has every right to use the show's title.
A preemptive lawsuit holds risks as the "Blurred Lines" verdict demonstrates, but on the other hand, Fox might wish to avoid another Glee, which ran into trademark trouble in the U.K. with a judge there basically allowing the owner of a comedy club to assert dominion.
In this instance, Fox is suing Empire Distribution, Inc., which is identified as a California corporation that has not only come forward asserting rights to "Empire," "Empire Distribution" and "Empire Recordings," but has also in a demand letter claimed trademark dilution by tarnishment via a series that features "a label run by a homophobic drug dealer prone to murdering his friends."
A preemptive lawsuit holds risks as the "Blurred Lines" verdict demonstrates, but on the other hand, Fox might wish to avoid another Glee, which ran into trademark trouble in the U.K. with a judge there basically allowing the owner of a comedy club to assert dominion.
In this instance, Fox is suing Empire Distribution, Inc., which is identified as a California corporation that has not only come forward asserting rights to "Empire," "Empire Distribution" and "Empire Recordings," but has also in a demand letter claimed trademark dilution by tarnishment via a series that features "a label run by a homophobic drug dealer prone to murdering his friends."
So this distribution company is demanding Fox to cast several of its artists even though they view the show as gay propaganda? Lol.
ReplyDeleteThe article makes it sound like they don't like that Lucious is homophobic.
ReplyDeleteHope they get to keep it, Empire is such a generic word, this is obviously a ploy for attention and money and nothing else.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't take long for those vultures to show up after the show becomes a smash hit. If the title bothers them so much, where were they a year ago when it was first annouced?..
ReplyDeleteIt's hilarious that they don't like homosexuals but they are willing to look the other way as long as 'several' (not just one) of their artists are featured on the program.
ReplyDeleteOut of court settlement in 3... 2.....1..
ReplyDeleteWolfs like to eat fat pigs.
ReplyDelete"a label run by a homophobic drug dealer prone to murdering his friend/blockquote>LOL
ReplyDeleteWow... Really?
ReplyDeleteOh for crying out loud.
ReplyDeleteSounds a bit like Power on Starz lol
ReplyDeleteSounds a bit like extortion tbh.
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