- Legal professionals for Pink, usually stylized P!nk, filed authorized motion in opposition to Pharrell Williams on Thursday.
- The Discover of Opposition was filed in opposition to Williams’ try to trademark “P.Inc.”
- The discover stated the resemblance between “P!nk” and “P.Inc” would “trigger confusion.”
Pink has taken authorized motion in opposition to Pharrell Williams to cease his try to trademark the time period “P.Inc.”
Pink, 44, filed the Discover of Opposition in opposition to Williams by her firm, Lefty Paw Print, on Thursday. Williams, 51, is represented by his firm, PW IP Holdings.
Paperwork included within the Discover of Opposition present that Lefty Paw Print owns a number of emblems for Pink. The primary trademark software was filed in 1999 and registered in 2001. Lefty Paw Print wrote that Pink “has spent substantial time, effort and cash selling the products and providers” below the emblems.
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Lefty Paw Print wrote that Williams filed a trademark software for “P.Inc” in Could 2023.
“Applicant’s P.INC Mark is much like the PINK Marks in sight, sound, that means, and industrial impression,” the doc learn.
The corporate added that Williams is “more likely to market and promote its items by the identical channels of commerce and to the identical shoppers” as Pink.
The Discover of Opposition stated that the resemblance between Pink — generally stylized “P!nk” — and “P.Inc” would confuse shoppers.
“Such registration can be a supply of harm and harm to Opposer,” the doc stated, referring to Pink and Lefty Paw Print.
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Representatives for Pink and Williams didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.
Pink’s discover is not the one trademark battle Williams is dealing with proper now.
Williams’ longtime collaborator, Chad Hugo, accused him of searching for sole management of The Neptunes’ emblems, in line with Selection. Hugo’s legal professionals stated Williams’ trademark try violates an settlement between him and Hugo to separate every little thing equally.
“All through their over 30-year historical past, [Hugo] and Williams agreed to, and actually, have divided all belongings,” Hugo’s legal professional wrote within the authorized motion. “By ignoring and excluding [Hugo] from any and all functions filed by the applicant for the mark ‘The Neptunes,’ applicant has dedicated fraud in securing the emblems and acted in dangerous religion.”
