Robyn Dixon and Gizelle Bryant could also be Real Housewives – however they are going to by no means be the real Slim Shady, if Eminem has something to say about it.
Rapper Marshall “Eminem” Mathers is on a authorized mission to show he is the real Shady after Real Housewives Of Potomac stars Dixon and Bryant tried to trademark “Reasonably Shady” – the title of their hit podcast – final yr.
An lawyer for Dixon and Bryant advised The LA Times on Tuesday (Feb 21) that the reality-TV duo intend “to defend their trademark software” regardless of the Real Slim Shady artiste’s movement to dam it.
A courtroom submitting submitted Tuesday to the US Patent and Trademark Office states that Mathers “believes he might be broken by the issuance of a registration for the mark “REASONABLY SHADY” as a result of it “resembles” Eminem’s longtime nicknames, Shady and Slim Shady.
Attorneys for the musician argue that “the mark proposed for registration by candidates, REASONABLY SHADY, is prone to trigger confusion, mistake or to deceive … by inflicting the consuming public to consider, opposite to reality, that Applicant’s items and providers in affiliation with the mark REASONABLY SHADY are sponsored, licensed and/or in any other case permitted by, or are indirectly related or affiliated with” Mathers.
But Dixon and Bryant – who’re searching for to promote garments, mugs, water bottles, make-up and different merchandise bearing the title of their podcast – preserve that “the emblems should not confusingly related and the providers should not associated,” per their lawyer, Andrea Evans.
In Tuesday’s submitting, Team Mathers factors out that Eminem has lengthy used the marks Shady, Slim Shady and Shady Limited to hawk merchandise comparable to T-shirts and baseball caps.
“The marks SLIM SHADY, SHADY and SHADY LIMITED have change into distinctive and are recognized by the common public solely with (Mathers) and his items and providers,” the submitting states.
“The marks SLIM SHADY, SHADY and SHADY LIMITED have change into and are an especially worthwhile image of Mathers, his popularity and goodwill.” – Los Angeles Times/Tribune News Service
