Celeb News: will.i.am sues Pharrell for stealing

iamstrong

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Will.i.am is taking legal action against Pharrell Williams over the latter's new creative brand "i am OTHER" – claiming that he owns the copyright to the phrase "I AM" and that Pharrell's logo is "confusingly similar," according to official court documents obtained by Rolling Stone.

In his notice of opposition, Will.i.am argues that Pharrell would be using his "i am OTHER" brand on clothing and other items in a manner similar to the goods that bear his own "I AM" logo. "The registration of the mark . . . is likely to dilute the I AM mark and the WILL.I.AM mark," the document reads.

Lawyers for Pharrell and "i am OTHER" filed an answer to Will.i.am's notice of opposition, denying all such claims.

"I am disappointed that Will, a fellow artist, would file a case against me," Pharrell says in a statement to RS. "I am someone who likes to talk things out and, in fact, I attempted to do just that on many occasions. I am surprised in how this is being handled and I am confident that Will's trademark claims will ultimately be found to be as meritless and ridiculous as I do."

Representatives for Will.i.am had not responded to a request for comment at press time.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...brand-20130626

Not will.i.am of all people accusing people of stealing

umich

Seethe, will.i.am

Fraser

Stop it Will, you're ruining the chances of Britney working with him on album 8.

BadKidBrodie

The nerve of will.i.am to accuse someone of stealing

ksmith

Will.i.am steals everything, does he not? I really dislike him. This just seems stupid. And

at him owning the trademark for "I am"

Marco_g2

Will.I.Am should be the last person on earth to sue someone

EightSin

He coming for Sasha next.

Starburst

I can't believe how much I've grown to hate will.i.am in the past year.

qa3bool

"~~I am~~ disappointed that Will, a fellow artist, would file a case against me," Pharrell says in a statement to RS. "~~I am~~ someone who likes to talk things out and, in fact, I attempted to do just that on many occasions. ~~I am~~ surprised in how this is being handled and ~~I am~~ confident that Will's trademark claims will ultimately be found to be as meritless and ridiculous as I do."

JungleDisturbia

Everyone already beat me to it, but still.
The fact that fellow artists said "we know he stole our beats, but we're flattered" about will.i.am's songs, and yet William goes to court and sues over an extremely common brand/phrase.

J-esper

If will.i.am gets sued, even for little cases where his label screwed up to get the paperwork right, why can he not sue someone else? will.i.am is the one who always gets the headlines in this cases, same for example Beyoncé with songwriting credits, while probably 90% of the business does the same, but just silently because they either get it done behind closed doors or drop a huge amount of cash the other way to keep the mouths shut. It is all just a big mess. Not only will.i.am, but also Pharrell and many and many other artists, DJ's, designers, painters and other people who are involved with products and art!

EdgeOfAddiction

The times when the artists are feeling themselves a bit too much.

Green

The nerve of him suing somebody.

What about the 465465456 musicians / DJs / producers will.i.am has stolen from.

Will he sue Beyonce for "I Am... Sasha Fierce" or Bey did it first?

Xalric

Girl iamOTHER exist for YEARS... He even have the YouTube channel with my show Awkward Black Girl.

chris1991

Mess, will is obvi jelouse of Pharells success.

There goes the chances of Pharrell being on album 8.

Suede

The irony of it all... what an obnoxious twat.

Fraser

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Originally posted by J-esper

If will.i.am gets sued, even for little cases where his label screwed up to get the paperwork right, why can he not sue someone else? will.i.am is the one who always gets the headlines in this cases, same for example Beyoncé with songwriting credits, while probably 90% of the business does the same, but just silently because they either get it done behind closed doors or drop a huge amount of cash the other way to keep the mouths shut. It is all just a big mess. Not only will.i.am, but also Pharrell and many and many other artists, DJ's, designers, painters and other people who are involved with products and art!

Yeah, because no one ever used the words "I" and "am" together before will.i.am.
This is like totally the same as stealing writing credits.

Shinning

Wait at him owning I Am. Beyoncé better watch out then

Suede

Why hasn't he been boycotted yet?

riskbreaker

Will.I.Am and his stupidity and cockiness