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"Rock Star Sued"
Posted by cheesybread on 07-12-06 at 12:46 PM
A previous band called "Supernova" is suing Rock Star:Supernova.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060712/en_tv_eo/19477

This will probably only help the ratings. Sounds an aweful lot like extortion to me. But I'm neither a lawyer or a rock star.

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"RE: Rock Star Sued"
Posted by LittleFox on 07-12-06 at 01:21 PM
Wow. You'd think they would have check on that before deciding on a name for the new band....

Personally though, I think the name is too wimpy for Tommy Lee - they should pick a different name.

"RE: Rock Star Sued"
Posted by Glow on 07-12-06 at 02:16 PM
eh. I don't like the name anyway. Maybe they'll have to change it.


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"RE: Rock Star Sued"
Posted by Snidget on 07-12-06 at 03:01 PM
Um, if the one dude in the band is a lawyer, and that isn't like a name that no one else could think of, why not file the trademark stuff long ago so that no one else could use it.

I'm fairly certain no matter what name they came up with (unless it was extremely off the wall) there would be a band somewhere that had used any name picked before. I can't tell how much the "we have gigs now" is indicative of ongoing sucess even though they have some albums, a few blurbs in a couple of places made it sound like they may have broken up or people had moved on to other bands, but maybe this brought them back together.

I guess we will have to see if punk-dude lawyer can beat whoever the network/rich producers and band members can pay for.