Excessive Schoolers LLC, a trademark holding firm managed by Outkast’s André 3000 and Large Boi, has filed a federal lawsuit towards the Atlanta digital dance music duo ATLiens. Within the lawsuit, obtained by Pitchfork, attorneys for the LLC declare that Outkast coined the time period “ATLiens,” and that they’ve utilized it and owned the trademark for it since 1996. The EDM duo, the attorneys declare, has infringed on the Outkast trademark and been utilizing the trademark with out authorization.
Within the criticism, the attorneys say that the band ATLiens registered for his or her trademark in 2020, claiming that they’d used the title since 2012—lengthy after the 1996 launch of Outkast’s beloved second studio album, ATLiens. The attorneys argue that the competing trademark “is stopping Plaintiff [High Schoolers LLC] from with the ability to acquire registrations for its senior ATLIENS mark.”
In addition they allege that the duo selected its title “to commerce upon the super fame and goodwill related to Plaintiff’s ATLIENS album, music, and mark, or, at a minimal, to name to shoppers’ minds Plaintiff’s well-known ATLIENS album, music, and mark.”
Via the lawsuit, the LLC and its attorneys are asking the Georgia federal courtroom to forestall the band ATLiens from utilizing the “ATLiens” trademark. They’re additionally asking for the cancellation of the duo’s competing trademark, amongst different requests.
When reached by Pitchfork, attorneys Abigail J. Remore and Peter E. Nussbaum shared the next assertion on behalf of Excessive Schoolers LLC and André 3000: “It is a primary model safety concern. Efforts to resolve this matter amicably have been sadly unsuccessful and Outkast due to this fact needed to file go well with in an effort to defend the dear title and trademark ATLIENS that it created and has repeatedly used for practically 30 years.”
Pitchfork has additionally emailed an legal professional for ATLiens Touring Inc. for remark.
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