Dispute over COMMODORES trademark
Band name trademark disputes
Divisibility of common law trademark rights
Appellate Jurisdiction
This case arose from a dispute over the ownership of the mark “The Commodores.” Defendant appealed an order granting judgment as a matter of…
Denied. Ouch.Commodores Entertainment Corporation has sued Thomas McClary, a former Commodores band member, for various trademark claims. Commodores sought summary judgment. Procedurally, McClary’s attorney requested a first extension of 8 days for McClary to respond to the dispositive summary judgment…
A Florida federal court enjoined Thomas McClary, an original member of famed Motown band the Commodores, from branding himself as “COMMODORES’ Founder Thomas McClary” in his booking advertisements for solo gigs. McClary left the band in 1984 to pursue a solo…
