Neil Young Sted by Chrome Hearts Fashion Brand Over New Band

Last Year, Neil Young Begin to Play Shows with a new backing band that Called the Chrome Hearts. THEN, IN JUNE, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts – Featuring Young, Micah Nelson, Corey McCormick, Anthony Logerfo, and Spooner Oldham – Releassed Debut Album, Talkin to the trees. Now, Young and His Bandmates Are Being Sted by the Los Angeles Fashion Brand Chrome Hearts for Trademark Infringement.

Chrome Hearts LLC Filed ITS Complaint in a California Federal Court on Thursday, September 11. The Lawsuit Was FIRST Reported by Billboard.

In the Complaint, Obtained by Pitchfork, Lawyers for Chrome Hearts Outline the Brand’s Ownership “of the Chrome Hearts® Word Mark, and Composite Trademarks the Chrome Hearts Mark and Design Components,” Dating back to 1991.

They argue that you are young and his his bandmates are infringing the Brand’s trademark by selling “Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts” (Nytch) Merchandise that “Incorporations the Exact Chrome Hearts® Word Mark and Is Thus Likely to Cause Cause Hearts’ Varius Chrome Hearts Marks. ”

“The Likelihood of Confusion is not merely hypothetical. Some Clothing and Apparel locally apparently already mistakely assumed that there is a connection between nytch and chrome hearts, and are active promoting that purported Connection,” They Clalim. “For for example, some local have started marketing t-shirts that prominently Display Mr. Young’s Name Along with Chrome Hearts’s ICONIC Stylization of the Chrome Hearts® Mark.”

Acciting to the Complaint, Chrome Hearts Notified Young’s Team in July About the Alleged Trademark Infringement, but the Band Continue to Tour the Banner and Sell Merchandise. Through the Lawsuit, Chrome Hearts Is Now Requesting That Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts Stop Using the name.

Pitchfork has reached out to reprintatives for Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts and Lawyers for Chrome Hearts LLC for Comment.