Michael Jackson's Dad Smells Bad in MJ Perfume War
Michael Jackson's Dad Smells Bad in MJ Perfume War
27 minutes ago by TMZ Staff
A company that owns the rights to license all things Michael Jackson is going after MJ's dad, Joe -- indirectly -- claiming he's involved in a business deal that shamelessly exploits his dead son.
TMZ broke the story ... Joe Jackson was pushing the new "Jackson" scent line at the Cannes Film Festival last month on behalf of a company called Julian Rouas Paris. But according to a new lawsuit, J.R.P. never obtained permission to use Michael's name and image in connection with the product.
Now, Bravado International is asking a federal court in Los Angeles to force Julian Rouas Paris to immediately strip anything MJ-related from their smelly product line ASAP.
Bravado is also seeking $750 for each time MJ's name and likeness were used on a product PLUS three times the amount of profits they've made on the scents PLUS more than $150k in damages.
A rep for Bravado tells TMZ, "Michael Jackson's talent made his name one of the most valuable in the history of entertainment, and no person acting on behalf of the estate gave Mr. Rouas oral or written consent to exploit it."
27 minutes ago by TMZ Staff
A company that owns the rights to license all things Michael Jackson is going after MJ's dad, Joe -- indirectly -- claiming he's involved in a business deal that shamelessly exploits his dead son.
TMZ broke the story ... Joe Jackson was pushing the new "Jackson" scent line at the Cannes Film Festival last month on behalf of a company called Julian Rouas Paris. But according to a new lawsuit, J.R.P. never obtained permission to use Michael's name and image in connection with the product.
Now, Bravado International is asking a federal court in Los Angeles to force Julian Rouas Paris to immediately strip anything MJ-related from their smelly product line ASAP.
Bravado is also seeking $750 for each time MJ's name and likeness were used on a product PLUS three times the amount of profits they've made on the scents PLUS more than $150k in damages.
A rep for Bravado tells TMZ, "Michael Jackson's talent made his name one of the most valuable in the history of entertainment, and no person acting on behalf of the estate gave Mr. Rouas oral or written consent to exploit it."
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Scorpionchik - I had to laugh at your comment. You would think that these people would know the drill by now...
Company Sues Website Over Sale of Michael Jackson Items
Posted on Jun 17, 2010 @ 11:35AM - Add a comment
Michael Jackson continues to be a money making machine and there is another fight over who is getting a piece of the merchandising pie. Bravado International is suing website Emoda.com for copyright infringement and unfair competition.
Read the Legal Documents Here
Bravado has been selling Jackson merchandise exclusively through an agreement with Triumph International- a company owned by the Michael Jackson estate which controls all rights to the pop star’s name, likeness, and trademark including the nickname ‘King of Pop.’
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The company is alleging that Emoda.com have been distributing and selling unauthorized shirts and other items bearing Jackson trademarks, likeness, artwork, and photographs “that lead the consuming public to believe that said items are sponsored by or associated with and/or affiliated with Michael Jackson and/or his estate and/or plaintiff.
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“Their infringing activities are particularly defiant because they have been instructed to cease and desist their infringement but have not ceased their infringing activities.
Bravado believes the website’s selling of these items “has and will infringe upon and dilute the Michael Jackson trademark.”
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Bravado is asking for an injunction prohibiting the website from selling or attempting to sell the merchandise, three times the website’s profits or three times the damages suffered by Bravado or the Jackson estate (whichever is greater), attorney’s fees, and statutory damages of no less than $750 for each name and/or likeness that each defendant has used on each different product.
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Demand may grow for Jackson merchandiseStory Highlights
•NEW: Sold Jackson items on eBay increase 210 percent compared to last week
•Plenty of Michael Jackson merchandise goes on sale
•Online auction site ebay boasts thousands of items from T-shirts to soda
•Memorabilia expert predicts Jackson autograph to at least double in price
June 26, 2009 -- Updated 2355 GMT (0755 HKT)Next Article in Entertainment »
By Lisa Respers France
CNN
(CNN) -- If you sell it, they will come.
Prices are expected to grow for Michael Jackson autographs like the one he gave this young fan in 2002.
That's the hope at least for many offering Michael Jackson related merchandise and memorabilia, including autographed items and domain names, in the wake of his surprising death.
Almost 20,000 items were up for sale after his death on the popular auction site eBay, where collectors could snap up everything from the rare to the ridiculous.
Among the many T-shirts, record albums, DVDs and posters, there were also magazines about Jackson, dolls and copies of newspapers announcing his death.
There were Michael Jackson gloves (sparkly, of course), masks, wigs, sunglasses and fedora hats. Anyone in the mood for some senior soda could try and win an auction for an unopened six-pack of Pepsi from the 1984 Jacksons world tour.
For those seeking to establish Web sites, domain names were available including "ILoveYouMichael.com," which was selling for the "buy it now" price of $5,000. Officials at eBay said that compared with the daily average of the week prior, Thursday's gross merchandise volume for Jackson memorabilia increased by 275 percent and sold items increased by 210 percent.
New listings were up 61 percent, while the average selling price of items had increased by 31 percent.
Online merchant CafePress also offered a variety of items, including mugs, "R.I.P. Michael Jackson" magnets and dozens of T-shirt designs, including one screened with a drawing of tennis legend Billie Jean King and the words "not my lover."
Some of the hottest items may turn out to be the ones bearing Jackson's signature.
On eBay, bids for what the buyer claimed was a signed Michael Jackson guitar had reached almost $1,300 by Friday afternoon.
Jerry Ohlinger, owner of Jerry Ohlinger's Movie Material Store in New York, predicted that although Jackson was generous in giving autographs, the price for a legitimate autograph probably will at least double from the $150 to $300 range it was prior to his death.
"He would sign autographs whenever he appeared in person," Ohlinger said. "For instance, he visited our store at least three times, and he signed autographs for all of the employees."
As a comparison, Ohlinger said, an autograph for the late actress Marilyn Monroe, who also was known to sign a great deal during her lifetime, sells for about $5,000 because of great demand.
As of Friday, items purported to be autographed photos of Jackson were ranging in price from just over $5 to several thousand dollars.
There is no way to predict whether there will be a sudden influx in demand for Michael Jackson memorabilia and merchandise, Ohlinger said.
All of the hoopla would probably tickle the pop icon, who Ohlinger said was himself a fan of star items.
Whenever Jackson would visit Ohlinger's Manhattan store, he would shop for vintage photos of some of the legendary ladies of cinema, including his very dear friend Elizabeth Taylor, Ohlinger recalled.
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Interesting opinion Andrea and I liked it. That sounds plausible to me. <!-- smj_bad/ -->mj_bad/<!-- smj_bad/ -->
That came to my mind as well.
As someone said above, don´t they have good legal advisers up there?. Everything seem to turn in to a problem
i didn't notice , was it mentioned if these products would be available in the U.S.?
No idea. However, I feel at times that there are two worlds here when comes to MJ´s news. Europe and North America.
Seems like Holland and UK has been a connection point somehow during the 2 past years.
guess we will see as things progress.
Today i watched a video on YT, those secret tapes of Michael talking on the phone with his friend Glenda. There he talks about how Joseph wanted to borrow $500,000 from Michael. And Michael said that he would never give it to him, because Joseph is a VERY BAD businessman, he said that he will be happy to give it (without asking it back)to his mother but not Joseph. He was sure that he would just spend it all and Michael would never see those money again.