{"id":28936,"date":"2024-03-05T00:02:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T00:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/earth-wind-fire-win-trademark-lawsuit-against-earth-wind-fire-cover-band\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T00:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T00:02:40","slug":"earth-wind-fire-win-trademark-lawsuit-against-earth-wind-fire-cover-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/earth-wind-fire-win-trademark-lawsuit-against-earth-wind-fire-cover-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth, Wind & Fire win trademark lawsuit against Earth, Wind & Fire cover band"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earth, Wind & Fire<\/strong>\u00a0has won a lawsuit they brought against a cover band that they claimed was infringing on their trademark.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Back in March 2023, Earth, Wind & Fire LLP, the rights holders of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group’s trademark, sued Substantial Music Group and Stellar Communications over their\u00a0Earth, Wind & Fire Legacy Reunion<\/strong>,\u00a0a tribute band featuring\u00a0unnamed \u201cformer members\u201d of the R&B group.<\/span><\/p>\n

The real Earth, Wind & Fire argued Legacy Reunion was using the real band\u2019s logos, word mark and more to mislead consumers into paying more money for their shows.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a ruling handed down Monday, March 4, in Miami, a judge\u00a0agreed with Earth, Wind & Fire, ruling Legacy Reunion did indeed infringe on\u00a0their intellectual property rights, citing online posts by frustrated consumers\u00a0as proof the public was misled by Legacy Reunion\u2019s advertising.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the ruling,\u00a0Legacy Reunion\u2019s \u201cadvertisements draw a close, unmistakable association with Earth, Wind & Fire to a degree unwarranted by the historical record,\u201d noting that even if some members of Legacy Reunion were in Earth Wind & Fire for a time, \u201cthe advertisement and marketing were still deceptive and misleading as to whether the main (or most prominently known) members of the band would be performing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The judge ruled Legacy Reunion must now stop doing anything that will infringe on the Earth, Wind & Fire trademarks. As for any monetary compensation, that will be decided during a bench trial in May.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the meantime, the real Earth, Wind & Fire\u00a0is set tour with Lionel Richie<\/strong> on the Sing A Song All Night Long tour, starting May 23 in Knoxville, Tennessee. They will also tour with Chicago<\/strong>\u00a0starting July 10 in St. Louis, Missouri. A complete list of dates can be found at <\/span>earthwindandfire.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Steve Jennings\/Getty Images Earth, Wind & Fire\u00a0has won a lawsuit they brought against a cover band that they claimed was infringing on their trademark.\u00a0 Back in March 2023, Earth, Wind & Fire LLP, the rights holders of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group’s trademark, sued Substantial Music GroupRead More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4,48],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28936"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}