Sadly, this isn’t an April Fools joke.
Billboard studies that in a authorized motion filed final week, Chad Hugo’s attorneys accuse Pharrell and his firm of making an attempt to get sole management of the Neptunes title and submitting a trademark that violates their settlement that issues are break up equally.
Kenneth D. Freundlich, a distinguished music trade litigator and Hugo’s legal professional, mentioned “all through their over thirty 12 months historical past, [Hugo] and Williams agreed to, and in reality, have divided all property. By ignoring and excluding [Hugo] from the any and all purposes filed by applicant for the mark ‘The Neptunes,’ applicant has dedicated fraud in securing the logos and acted in unhealthy religion.”
A rep for Pharrell says there was certainly no unwell intent within the try to file the trademark and that his workforce had reached out to Chad to share possession and administration of the trademark. Freundlich disputes this, saying Pharrell ought to have filed it in his and Chad’s collectively owned firm.
Hopefully this will get resolved easily and shortly.
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