Monday, October 04, 2004
Legal wrangling over logo
From the Nashville City Paper
As the Christian Country Music Association approaches its 10th anniversary awards show on Nov. 4, a legal cloud still hangs over its logo for the event.
A federal judge a year ago temporarily barred the group from using CCMA to describe its awards show because of a trademark infringement lawsuit by the Country Music Association (CMA).
U.S. Judge John Nixon ruled that the CCMA acronym likely causes public confusion with CMA's award show, to be held Nov. 9.
The CMA, which has been using "CMA" to describe its award show since 1991, held its event in October until CBS prompted its move to November in 2001. The next year CMA sued CCMA, which has always held its show in November.
While awaiting a final judgment, the Christian group has been testing the legal ground with two other marks. The judge stopped its use of "CCA." Now, the CMA has challenged its attempts to use the abbreviation "ICM," which stands for Inspiration Country Music.
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Nashville City Paper
As the Christian Country Music Association approaches its 10th anniversary awards show on Nov. 4, a legal cloud still hangs over its logo for the event.
A federal judge a year ago temporarily barred the group from using CCMA to describe its awards show because of a trademark infringement lawsuit by the Country Music Association (CMA).
U.S. Judge John Nixon ruled that the CCMA acronym likely causes public confusion with CMA's award show, to be held Nov. 9.
The CMA, which has been using "CMA" to describe its award show since 1991, held its event in October until CBS prompted its move to November in 2001. The next year CMA sued CCMA, which has always held its show in November.
While awaiting a final judgment, the Christian group has been testing the legal ground with two other marks. The judge stopped its use of "CCA." Now, the CMA has challenged its attempts to use the abbreviation "ICM," which stands for Inspiration Country Music.
Read the article
Nashville City Paper
# posted by Dave Sichak @ 2:23 PM 
