Unfortunately, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke.
Billboard reports that in a legal action filed last week, Chad Hugo’s attorneys accused Pharrell and his company of trying to take sole control of the Neptunes name and filing a trademark that violated their agreement to split equally. .
“Over their thirty-year history,” said Kenneth D. Freundlich, a prominent music industry litigator and Hugo’s attorney. [Hugo] Williams agreed and in fact divided all assets.By ignoring and excluding [Hugo] It appears from all the applications filed by the Applicant in respect of the mark “The Neptunes” that the Applicant committed fraud and acted dishonestly in protecting the mark. “
A representative for Farrell said there was indeed no malicious intent in trying to apply for the trademark and that his team had reached out to Chad to share ownership and management of the trademark. Freundlich disputed this, saying Farrell should have submitted it to his and Chad’s joint venture.
I hope this matter can be resolved smoothly as soon as possible.
