Guns N’ Roses is one of the most influential and important rock bands.
They have sold millions of records around the world and have a huge following of loyal fans.
The Guns N’ Roses name comes from the merger of two bands.
Currently, in the world there are many names that are registered as trademarks, so their copyrights are protected. This Saturday it was announced that the iconic rock band Guns N’ Roses sued an online gun store based in Texas, United States, for using their name without authorization, at a time when a string of deadly shootings raged. the North American country.
Specialists in the field emphasize that the main advantage of having your trademark registration is that, once you are the owner of said denomination, logo, sign or slogan, only the owner has the exclusivity of its use in the trade.
In Mexico, in accordance with the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) it has the necessary powers to promote and protect industrial property.
The demand
The news that emerged this Saturday is about the lawsuit that was initially disclosed by local media, citing the portal City News Service, where the band’s lawyers filed it on Thursday, December 1, in California federal court.
The claims of the group originally from California, v. Jersey Village Florist, owner of online store texasgunsandroses.com They are for “false designation of origin, unfair competition, false suggestion”, among others, according to the document.
Likewise, it was announced that the store andOne line sells guns, rifles, ammunition, bulletproof vests and even roses “without Guns N’ Roses authorization, license or consent.”
The lawsuit is led by Senior Partners W. Axl Rose (“Axl Rose”), Saul Hudson (“Slash”); and Michael “Duff” McKagan, members of this band founded in the 80s and which is considered one of the most important of the genre in the world.
In this sense, through their lawyers, the interpreters explain that they learned of the existence of this business in 2019, and that in 2020 they asked the company to stop using their name, but their request was unsuccessful.
Local media indicated that on page 7 of the document, the plaintiffs claim that the nature of the business is “harmful” to Guns N’ Roses, which doesn’t want to be associated with a “firearms” dealer.
Let us remember that the United States registers fatal shootings almost daily, where according to the Gun Violence Archive portal, so far this year there have been 40,781 deaths from firearms, although more than half of the cases are suicides. Of this total, some 200 deaths correspond to mass murders.
As an example, a shooting at a school in Texas in May, and others that occurred in November at a university and a supermarket in Virginia and at an LGBT club in Colorado, with deadly consequences, have reactivated the debate in the United States on the purchase and possession of weapons, a right that, those who defend it, assure that it is protected by an old constitutional norm.
It is not the first time that a global brand has been involved in a lawsuit for the copyright of its name, because in Chile, the National Institute of Intellectual Property (INAPI), granted permission to the Chilean businessman Gonzalo Montenegro, to continue occupying the name of Superman, before the refusal of DC Comics.
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