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LL Cool J asks for an injunction against a hip hop festival
By Ferraiuoli LLC
Released in1985, Rock the Bells is the third single from LL Cool J’s debut album, Radio. Rock the Bells was also the name of an annual hip-hop festival that, from 2004 to 2013, toured originally in Southern California and then throughout the world.
Although in 2004 Guerrilla Union was granted the trademark registration for Rock the Bells from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), LL Cool J successfully petitioned to cancel the trademark and has since then filed 11 applications for Rock the Bells in various classes, all of which have been granted by the USPTO or are pending.
Nevertheless, the musician claims in its lawsuit that Guerrilla Union continues using Rock the Bells on a website and social media, likely deceiving consumers that he is somehow affiliated with the music festival. LL Cool J asks for an injunction, profits, punitive damages and attorney’s fees, among other remedies.
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Ferraiuoli LLC (FLLC) was founded in 2003 by the late Blas Ferraiuoli-Martínez, Eugenio Torres-Oyola and María Marchand-Sánchez. This group was then joined in 2004 by Fernando J. Rovira-Rullán, thus forming the founding core of FLLC. FLLC has grown exponentially since its founding from a law firm with three attorneys and a support staff of three to its current size of 54 attorneys with a support staff of 38. Also, FLLC has grown from initially being known as an intellectual property and corporate law boutique law firm to a multiservice law firm that handles most matters relevant to a business while continuing to earn praise for its leading intellectual property and corporate practices.
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