All posts containing the tag: "cease and desist"
Posted Oct 1st 2009 10:10AM by TMZ Staff
Jon Gosselin has finally found religion for his children -- but it's a little late.
TMZ's confirmed Jon has sent a letter to TLC demanding they halt production of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" or any other show with his children STAT.
Gosselin now claims the filming is detrimental to his kids and he's now determined to bring in police if that's what it takes to stop the production.
So coincidence? Jon was just 86'd from the show -- which will be relaunched as "Kate Plus 8" in November -- and a day later he's suddenly worried about the kids he sporadically sees. A source connected with the production says Jon had no problem shooting the show as recently as last Friday ... but since he was essentially fired from the show this week, he's suddenly worried about his children.
FYI ... whoever put up the sign misspelled "penelty" and "Johnathon."
Filed under: TV, Jon & Kate
Tags: cease and desist, CeaseAndDesist, children, jon gosselin, jon kate plus 8, JonGosselin, JonKatePlus8, reality show, RealityShow, tlc
Posted Jun 2nd 2009 1:46AM by TMZ Staff
If Suge Knight wants to name his record company Blackball Records, he names it Blackball Records -- even if someone else has the name.
But the original owners of Black Ball Records (slightly different spelling) have fired off a cease and desist letter to Suge, very politely pointing out he has infringed on their copyright.
Suge has been using the name since 2008, claims Black Ball, and the two sides have tried to reach a settlement to no avail.
Suge's people tell us they filed for the copyright in 2006, but dropped it earlier this year. The original Blackball Records people say they've had it since 2002.
Looks like the trademark office will have to settle this one.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Music, Suge Knight
Tags: blackball records, BlackballRecords, cease and desist, CeaseAndDesist, hiphop, rapper, suge knight, SugeKnight
Posted Apr 24th 2009 11:27AM by TMZ Staff
Oprah Winfrey just had another Aha! Moment -- when she decided to wage a legal war against an insurance company using her signature catchphrase.
Just a few days ago, Oprah's lawyers fired off a cease and desist letter to Mutual of Omaha demanding they shut down their plans to run a gigantic advertising campaign with the slogan, "Official sponsor of the aha moment."
In the letter, sent April 21, Oprah's peeps claim they have the rights to the "Aha Moment" slogan and they threatened to sue because O doesn't want Mutual to mislead her fans into thinking she's associated with them.
But Mutual of Omaha is fighting back with a lawsuit, claiming that even if Oprah had trademark rights to the phrase, she "abandoned" those rights by failing to "police their alleged mark" when other businesses used it in the past.
In the suit, filed Wednesday in federal court in Nebraska, Mutual asks the judge to rule that they have the right to use the phrase in their campaign.
A rep for O tells us, "Harpo has not filed a lawsuit or counterclaim against Mutual of Omaha. We hope to reach an amicable resolution on this issue."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Oprah
Tags: aha moment, cease and desist, CeaseAndDesist, lawsuit, mutual of omaha bank, O, oprah, oprah winfrey
Posted Aug 10th 2006 3:47PM by TMZ Staff
David Hans Schmidt is trying to make good on his threat to stop an eBay auction of Paris Hilton's personal items.
As first reported by TMZ, Paris and sister Nicky hired a small moving company to move and store their belongings at a Los Angeles facility. The moving company failed to make the payments to the facility and the items were sold at a blind auction.
Mysteriously, items began appearing on eBay, mostly costume jewelry claiming to be from the auctioned off storage unit. Then "celebrity agent" and so-called Sultan of Sleaze David Hans Schmidt got wind of the auction. Schmidt claims he has the contractual rights to the items and has sent eBay a cease and desist letter asking for the immediate stop to the auctions of Paris' stuff. The letter says that if eBay does not comply with his demands, his next step will be to seek a court-ordered injunction.
As of press time, Paris' stuff was still for sale.
TMZ contacted Elliot Mintz, Paris' rep, who told us "I believe these items of a personal, sentimental nature should be returned to Paris. That's my only interest in the matter."
Read the cease and desist letter.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Paris Hilton
Tags: auction, cease and desist, CeaseAndDesist, david hans schmidt, DavidHansSchmidt, ebay, paris hilton, ParisHilton, stoarge faucility, StoargeFaucility, storage
