trademark

2022 (3)

2022 August (1)

• "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
  • (mirror)

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2022 March (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
  • (mirror)

• "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)

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2020 (1)

2020 January (1)

• "Paisley Park Aims to Register Prince's Signature Purple as a Trademark for Use on Buildings"
  • in The Fashion Law
  • on 27 January 2020
  • about Cloud guitar (instrument), Grammy Award, hologram, Jamie Starr, lawsuit, museum, Paisley Park Enterprises, trademark
  • (mirror)

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2019 (23)

2019 December (2)

• "The Prince Estate Announces Unique 1999-Inspired Fashion Line Created By Prince’s Trusted Designers"
  • in musicmayhemmagazine.com
  • on 3 December 2019
  • about 3rdEyeGirl, Andy Allo, Call & Response, Cathy Robinson, Judith Hill, Liv Warfield, Lori Marcuz, NPG Records, Prince Estate, Prince: The Story of 1999, Saturday Night Live (TV show), The Prince Estate, Toronto (place), trademark
  • (mirror)

• "Prince’s ‘1999’: How the Artist Leveled Up on His Breakthrough LP -- With the release of a new box set devoted to the album and its era, Prince’s guitarist Dez Dickerson and engineer Peggy McCreary look back on the Purple One’s revolutionary genius"
  • in Rolling Stone
  • on 2 December 2019
  • about 1999 (album), 94 East, Bold Generation (song), Dez Dickerson, Do Yourself a Favor (song), How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore? (song), I Wanna Be Your Lover (song), International Lover (song), James Brown, Jill Jones, Little Red Corvette (song), Michael Howe, Michael Jackson, motorcycle, New Power Generation (song), Peggy McCreary, Pop Life (song), Prince Estate, Quincy Jones, Susan Rogers, The Revolution, trademark, Vanity, Vanity 6, vault
  • (mirror)

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2019 November (5)

• "Coffee table books are great gifts — even if you don’t have a coffee table"
  • in TwinCities.com - Pioneer Press
  • on 30 November 2019
  • about Andy Warhol, exhibit, exhibition, Hachette Books, museum, Oprah (TV show), Penguin Random House, Randee St. Nicholas, trademark
  • (mirror)

• "Don’t overlook splashy coffee table books as holiday gifts"
  • in Associated Press News
  • on 19 November 2019
  • about Andy Warhol, Celebration (event), exhibit, exhibition, Hachette Books, museum, Oprah (TV show), Penguin Random House, Randee St. Nicholas, trademark
  • (mirror)

• "Don't overlook splashy coffee table books as holiday gifts"
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 19 November 2019
  • about Andy Warhol, Celebration (event), exhibit, exhibition, Hachette Books, museum, Oprah (TV show), Penguin Random House, Randee St. Nicholas, trademark
  • (mirror)

• "Songs of Survival and Rebellion"
  • in New York Times
  • on 19 November 2019
  • about Andy Warhol, Dan Piepenbring, demo tape, divorce, memoir, Morris Day, Spiegel & Grau, The Beautiful Ones (book), trademark
  • (mirror)

• "25 Celebrity Memoirs That Are Actually Worth Reading"
  • in Vogue
  • on 14 November 2019
  • about Dan Piepenbring, memoir, Netflix, Obama, Saturday Night Live (TV show), The Beautiful Ones (book), trademark
  • (mirror)

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2019 October (6)

• "Prince's The Beautiful Ones is a breathtaking, occasionally frustrating look at the icon -- The Purple One's long-awaited memoir features personal details and rare artifacts Prince fans have been pining for, even if the book doesn't quite live up to its lofty ambitions."
  • in EW (Entertainment Weekly)
  • on 30 October 2019
  • about Dan Piepenbring, Do Me Baby (song), fentanyl, memoir, Random House, The Beautiful Ones (book), trademark
  • (mirror)

• "What we learned from Prince's memoir"
  • in CNN International
  • on 29 October 2019
  • about Dan Piepenbring, Ed Sheeran, fentanyl, Katy Perry, memoir, museum, The Beautiful Ones (book), trademark
  • (mirror)

• "Prince's memoir: Seven things we learned"
  • in BBC News
  • on 28 October 2019
  • about Dan Piepenbring, Darling Nikki (song), Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, memoir, The Beautiful Ones (book), trademark
  • (mirror)

• "Book Review: Prince’s Autobiography ‘The Beautiful Ones’"
  • in Variety
  • on 27 October 2019
  • about Andre Cymone, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Dan Piepenbring, James Brown, memoir, Morris Day, The Beautiful Ones (book), The Revolution, trademark, Warner Bros. Records
  • (mirror)

• "Reckoning With The Ethics of The Ever-Unfurling Prince Vault -- The demos, b-sides and rarities keep coming. How should we feel about listening?"
  • in Paste Magazine
  • on 23 October 2019
  • about 1999 (album), Chaka Khan, contract, D’Angelo, exhibit, For You (album), Graceland, Graceland Holdings, I Feel For You (song), Oprah (TV show), Spotify, Stevie Wonder, trademark, vault, YouTube
  • (mirror)

• "MC Hammer’s House Party Hits The Island"
  • in Music In Minnesota
  • on 21 October 2019
  • about trademark, When Doves Cry (song)
  • (mirror)

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2019 September (3)

• "PRINCE'S ICONIC CLOUD GUITAR INVOLVED IN TRADEMARK DISPUTE -- When Doves File Trademark Disputes"
  • in Mixdown
  • on 5 September 2019
  • about Cloud guitar (instrument), Dave Rusan, Paisley Park Enterprises, Purple Rain (movie), trademark, Troy Carter
  • (mirror)

• "Prince’s guitar builder fights estate to keep hold of Cloud design -- Dave Rusan speaks out on Paisley Park trademark dispute"
  • in GuitarWorld
  • on 4 September 2019
  • about Cloud guitar (instrument), Dave Rusan, First Avenue (place), Purple Rain (movie), Sardonyx, trademark
  • (mirror)

• "The builder of Prince’s Cloud guitar speaks out on the trademark dispute with the late pop icon’s estate -- Paisley Park ordered Dave Rusan to give up his trademark for the guitar’s design"
  • by Jonathan Horsley
  • in MusicRadar
  • on 4 September 2019
  • about André Cymone, Cloud guitar (instrument), Dave Rusan, Purple Rain (movie), Sardonyx, trademark
  • (mirror)

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2019 August (5)

• "Maker of one of Prince’s most-iconic guitars fights to keep his design -- It’s the ‘Cloud Guitar’ from ‘Purple Rain.’"
  • in WTOC-TV
  • on 29 August 2019
  • about Cloud guitar (instrument), Dave Rusan, trademark, WCCO, WCCO-TV
  • (mirror)

• "Paisley Park files suit over Prince's guitar"
  • in KYMA
  • on 29 August 2019
  • about Cloud guitar (instrument), Dave Rusan, Purple Rain (movie), trademark, WCCO, WCCO-TV
  • (mirror)

• "‘One Of The Highlights Of My Life’: Paisley Park Estate Challenges Man For ‘Purple Rain’ Guitar Trademark"
  • in WCCO - CBS Minnesota (old)
  • on 28 August 2019
  • about Cloud guitar (instrument), Dave Rusan, Purple Rain (movie), trademark, WCCO
  • (mirror)

• "Prince fans show support for Bloomington guitar maker in legal battle with Paisley Park estate"
  • in KSTP
  • on 27 August 2019
  • about Cloud guitar (instrument), Dave Rusan, Purple Rain (movie), trademark
  • (mirror)

• "Prince's Estate is Still Fighting to Register the Color Purple as a Trademark"
  • in The Fashion Law
  • on 2 August 2019
  • about hologram, museum, Paisley Park Enterprises, trademark
  • (mirror)

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2019 April (1)

• "Prince Engineer Ordered to Pay Estate $4 Million Over Unauthorized Release"
  • in Variety
  • on 9 April 2019
  • about 3121 (album), contract, David Staley, Deliverance (EP), Deliverance (song), Gabriel Solomon Wilson, George Ian Boxill, lawsuit, Paisley Park Enterprises, Rogue Music Alliance, LLC, trademark, Troy Carter
  • (mirror)

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2019 January (1)

• "Estate of Prince Sues Custom Guitar Builder"
  • in digitaleditions.sheridan.com
  • on 7 January 2019
  • about André Cymone, Cloud guitar (instrument), Comerica, Comerica Bank & Trust, Dave Rusan, trademark
  • (mirror)

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2018 (8)

2018 December (4)

• "Prince estate sues maker of famous 'cloud guitar'"
  • in abc13 News -- KTRK Houston and Southeast Texas News
  • on 7 December 2018
  • about Cloud guitar (instrument), Dave Rusan, Prince Estate, Purple Rain (movie), trademark
  • (mirror)

• "Prince estate goes after Cloud guitar designer -- Sooner or later, we all hear from Prince’s lawyers."
  • in City Pages
  • on 6 December 2018
  • about André Cymone, Cloud guitar (instrument), Comerica, Comerica Bank & Trust, Dave Rusan, Prince Estate, Smithsonian (place), trademark
  • (mirror)

• "‘It’s Like My Legacy’: Prince’s Estate Threatens Designer Of Iconic ‘Cloud Guitar’"
  • in WCCO - CBS Minnesota (old)
  • on 5 December 2018
  • about Cloud guitar (instrument), Dave Rusan, Purple Rain (movie), trademark, WCCO, WCCO-TV
  • (mirror)

• "Prince estate asks Bloomington man to stop selling iconic Cloud guitar replicas"
  • in KSTP
  • on 4 December 2018
  • about Cloud guitar (instrument), Dave Rusan, Prince Estate, Purple Rain (movie), The Prince Estate, trademark
  • (mirror)

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2018 October (1)

• "After two years and a team record for goals, Wild is ditching 'Let's Go Crazy' -- There appeared to be a strange unease among the Wild faithful with having “Let’s Go Crazy” as the goal song"
  • by Michael Rand
  • in Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • on 2 October 2018
  • about Let’s Go Crazy (song), Minnesota Wild, trademark
  • (mirror)

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2018 August (1)

• "The days the music died: A look at funerals of the greats"
  • in Associated Press News
  • on 29 August 2018
  • about Aretha Franklin, fentanyl overdose, Graceland, James Brown, Larry Graham, Michael Jackson, museum, Oprah (TV show), Sheila E., Stevie Wonder, trademark
  • (mirror)

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2018 June (1)

• "Former Prince Property to be Developed into Residential Neighborhood"
  • in KSTP
  • on 29 June 2018
  • about Carver County, Denny Laufenburger, Galpin Boulevard (place), Lennar Homes, trademark
  • (mirror)

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2018 January (1)

• "Prince photographer Afshin Shahidi shares his intimate trove"
  • in Associated Press News
  • on 16 January 2018
  • about Afshin Shahidi, airport, trademark
  • (mirror)

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2017 (2)

2017 May (1)

• "Judge: Sound engineer can’t publish unreleased Prince tracks"
  • in Associated Press News
  • on 23 May 2017
  • about Deliverance (EP), Deliverance (song), George Ian Boxill, lawsuit, opioid, Paisley Park Enterprises, trademark
  • (mirror)

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2017 January (1)

• "Inventory of Prince’s estate lists cash, property, gold bars"
  • in Associated Press News
  • on 7 January 2017
  • about Bremer Trust, Carver County, fentanyl, LotusFlow3r (album), NPG Records, Paisley Park Enterprises, probate court, trademark
  • (mirror)

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