Billboard: 2022
September 2022 (1)
- "Why Prince’s Estate Refused to Allow ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ To Be Used in New Sinéad O’Connor Documentary -- "I didn't feel she deserved to use the song," says the icon's co-heir and half-sister Sharon Nelson."
- in Billboard
- on 30 September 2022
- about Alfred Jackson, Charles Spicer, Comerica, Comerica Bank & Trust, John R. Nelson, L. Londell McMillan, memoir, Norrine Nelson, Nothing Compares 2 U (song), Omarr Baker, Primary Wave, Prince Estate, Rosie Gaines, Sharon Nelson, Sinead O’Connor, Sinéad O’Connor, The Prince Estate, Tyka Nelson, Universal Music Publishing Group
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August 2022 (2)
- "Prince Estate Shuts Down ‘Purple Rain’ Energy Drink Brand -- Bang Energy wanted a "Purple Rain" trademark, but a federal agency says the name "uniquely and unmistakably" points to the late rock star."
- by Bill Donahue
- in Billboard
- on 31 August 2022
- about Bang Energy, Jack Owoc, Primary Wave, Prince Estate, Purple Rain (album), Purple Rain (movie), Purple Rain (song), Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, trademark, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Universal Music Group
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- "Prince Estate Court Battle Finally Ends, Six Years Later -- The legendary artist's vast holdings can now be handed out to his heirs and to Primary Wave. Both sides have vowed to "preserve Prince's legacy.""
- by Bill Donahue
- in Billboard
- on 1 August 2022
- about Charles Spicer, Comerica, Comerica Bank & Trust, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, L. Londell McMillan, NorthStar Group, Primary Wave, Prince Estate, Prince Legacy LLC, Prince Oat Holdings LLC, probate court, The Prince Estate
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March 2022 (2)
- "Prince ‘Despised Alcohol,’ Says Winery In ‘Purple Rain’ Name Dispute -- The Ohio winemaker says there's no confusion because Prince — who famously didn't drink — would never have endorsed booze."
- by Bill Donahue
- in Billboard
- on 16 March 2022
- about Apollonia 6, Comerica, L’uva Bella Winery, Love 4 One Another, Morris Day, Primary Wave, Prince Estate, Purple Rain (album), Purple Rain (movie), Purple Rain (song), The New Yorker, The Prince Estate, trademark, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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- "Prince Estate Told Morris Day He Could Not Use ‘Time’ Band Name, Docs Show -- Day says the Prince estate is trying to "rewrite history" by "taking my name away from me.""
- by Bill Donahue
- in Billboard
- on 3 March 2022
- about Comerica, Fredrikson & Byron, Morris Day, Morris Day & The Time, Morris Day and The Time, Primary Wave, Prince Estate, The Prince Estate, The Time, trademark
- (mirror)