It has been revealed that The Isley Brothers will probably be heading to court docket over the rights to the Isley Brothers band identify.
The brothers – Rudolph and Ronald Isley – have been in a authorized dispute over proudly owning the rights to their band’s identify since earlier this 12 months. As reported by Billboard, in a ruling handed down on Wednesday, August 23, Decide Thomas M. Durkin refused to dismiss Rudolph’s lawsuit towards Ronald.
Within the lawsuit, Rudolph has accused his brother Ronald of improperly trying to register a person trademark on the identify ‘The Isley Brothers’. Rudolph believes they need to every personal half of the rights equally.
In 2021, Ronald despatched in an utility to the USA Patent and Trademark Workplace looking for unique rights to “The Isley Brothers” trademark. It was formally registered in August 2022. Earlier this 12 months, Rudolph sued Ronald, looking for a full accounting and a fee from Ronald equaling 50 per cent of the proceeds constructed from the Isley Brothers identify. As a response to the swimsuit, Ronald filed a notion to dismiss the case.
Ronald’s attorneys had argued that Rudolph surrendered any management over the identify upon leaving the band, due to this fact the case must be tossed. Because of the case’s “distinctive circumstances”, the decide denied Ronald’s movement and determined that the case might transfer ahead to trial.
Rudolph’s lawyer Brian D. Caplan shared an announcement to Billboard that stated his shopper was “comfortable that the court docket denied his brother’s movement to dismiss his criticism” and “seems to be ahead to the popularity of his rights as a 50% proprietor within the identify ‘The Isley Brothers,’ the enduring identify of the band that he fashioned in 1954 together with his two brothers.”
