UK Comedy 'Glee Club' Owner Sues Fox Over Trademark
10/4/2011
by Eriq Gardner


Titling a television show "Glee" may sound generic, but Twentieth Century Fox is being brought to court for allegedly infringing the trademark of an Oxford comedy club named the "The Glee Club."

Mark Tughan, a former corporate finance analyst who owns a series of Glee Clubs in the UK, says he has filed a lawsuit in the country's Patents County Court.





Tughan registered a trademark on "The Glee Club" in 2001, and says he has been experiencing difficulty in opening up new comedy clubs with this title thanks to the hit Fox show, which airs on Sky Television in the UK.

“There is significant and mounting evidence that there is confusion in the minds of the public, that we are somehow associated with or connected to the TV show and that we might provide an entertainment experience of that nature," Tughan told the Oxford Mail.

Tughan also says that newer Glee Club branches are underperforming, which he blames on the TV show.





The trademark registration on "The Glee Club" reportedly covers entertainment services, including TV programs. Tughan adds that the show's typeface is similar to the one he uses for clubs.

Fox declined comment.

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wow, sounds like he has a poorly thought out and overly generic name for a bad comedy club and he is trying to put the blame on someone else for his own stupidity - however, it seems ridiculous that they let him trademark the name "The Glee Club"

it would be like trade-marking the name "The Birthday Party" and then going out and trying to sue every 10-year old kid in the country trying to have some fun at Chuck E Cheese.

Oh, please. :rolleyes:

He's obviously just looking for someone else to blame for his own inability to run his business profitably. :rolleyes:

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