Brock's Destruction of Hawkwind Reputation

[stephe lindas]

There just jealous. Echo drain or Echo brain. Why doesn't Led Zeppelin sue
Dread Zeppelin? Whoever heard of Echo Drain before they sued? I never did.
Why not Metallica and Elastica? Judge Trev was in a band called Iron Maiden
in 1970. Now they're the ones who should be suing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "DRider" <Hawkwind at ATTBI.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:04 PM
Subject: HW: Brock's Destruction of Hawkwind Reputation


> Here's even more proof to drive it home......
>
> Jason Newsted is being sued for trademark infringement by the Dallas band
> Echo Drain
>
> Here's a link to one of the many articles:
>
> http://www.antimusic.com/news/2002/june/item26.shtml
>
> I did not read all of this one, but I remember reading it on
Billboard.com.
> Seems like Jason actually bought the rights to Echo Drain's website, so
that
> if anyone typed Echo Drain.com his band's website (Echobrain)would
actually
> load on the person's PC. If I remember correctly....
>
> Seems like that was pretty ruthless of him. The 2 names are quite a bit
more
> differnt thanxHawkwind and Hawkwind.....
>
> Echo Drain vs. Echobrain
>
> Hmmmm....
>
> D
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Pearson [mailto:jasret at MINDSPRING.COM]
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 9:24 PM
> Subject: Re: HW: Brock's Destruction of Hawkwind Reputation
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:19:58 +0100, M Holmes <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
wrote:
> >There are already legal precedents in such brand wars. Slight variations
> >on spelling have been ruled as brand-stealing.
>
> I don't know about single-letter variations, as in this particular case,
> but there are numerous instances, at least in the USA, where two-letter
> variations of a band name were sufficient to be ruled as not "brand-
> stealing".  Two examples would be "yazOO" and "mission UK".
>
>     -Doug
>      jasret at mindspring.com