TJL
11-05-2003, 08:59 PM
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Atlanta hip-hop group Arrested Development has filed a trademark infringement suit against Fox, Imagine Films Entertainment Inc. and New World Communications of Atlanta Inc. over the use of the band's name as the title of a new Fox-TV series.
The suit, filed Oct. 16 in Dekalb County Superior Court, alleges that Fox's use of the phrase will dilute the meaning of the band's name in the eyes of its fans.
"Fox has no more right to use 'Arrested Development' for its show than a band would have to name itself after one of Fox's sitcoms," said frontman Todd "Speech" Thomas in a statement. "Arrested Development" airs Sunday at 9:30 p.m. ET on the network and stars Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Bateman and Portia de Rossi.
Arrested Development is working on a new album, tentatively titled "Among the Trees," for release in early 2004. It will be the band's first in a decade, following its 1994 sophomore effort "Zingalamaduni" (Chrysalis).
Reuters/Billboard
What fans?
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The suit, filed Oct. 16 in Dekalb County Superior Court, alleges that Fox's use of the phrase will dilute the meaning of the band's name in the eyes of its fans.
"Fox has no more right to use 'Arrested Development' for its show than a band would have to name itself after one of Fox's sitcoms," said frontman Todd "Speech" Thomas in a statement. "Arrested Development" airs Sunday at 9:30 p.m. ET on the network and stars Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Bateman and Portia de Rossi.
Arrested Development is working on a new album, tentatively titled "Among the Trees," for release in early 2004. It will be the band's first in a decade, following its 1994 sophomore effort "Zingalamaduni" (Chrysalis).
Reuters/Billboard
What fans?
;)