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February 08, 2007
Hang em high
Keith Urban the country singer has had it with Keith Urban the artist. The former has slapped the latter with a trademark infringement suit because of his website, KeithUrban.com:
Singer Urban filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Nashville, Tennessee, Friday against the New Jersey painter who uses the Web site address www.keithurban.com to advertise oil paintings for sale.
The entertainer, who married Nicole Kidman last year and who recently ended a stint in rehab for alcohol abuse, says in the lawsuit that the Web site is being used "in a manner likely to deceive the public into believing that the website has a connection to Plaintiff that does not exist."
Now I usually find those kinds of suits silly, because being famous name doesn't mean you automatically get to have every use of your name. But after looking at the website in question, I think I have to agree with Urban the singer. Apart from the fact that it looks like it was designed in the 1990's, the site sure does appear to lead people into thinking Keith Urban the singer is the one who is selling the oil paintings. At the very least, it doesn't do anything to dispel the notion.
I think Painter Keith Urban better hire himself a good lawyer, because he's in some trouble. Then again, he may have done that anyway. Correct me if I am wrong, but is he actually selling a painting of Al & Peg Bundy over the Capitol?
entry no. 741
Posted by oz115 at February 8, 2007 03:58 PM