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| From | Baskervils@aol.com |
| Subject | Secret Service |
| Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:16:38 EST |
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Secret Service are an amazing band, I might add! I still want to do a cover
of "Without You" one day.
Rob
<<In a message dated 2/16/07 8:02:49 AM, audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:49:29 GMT
> From: "Bill Jones" <wigout6@juno.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: same band name problem
> Message-ID: <20070215.185022.808.1349060@webmail07.lax.untd.com>
>
> Rob writ:
> > A band in the UK has just popped up with our name (Baskervilles).
> It looks like they have been around for 3 months, and we have been
> around for 10 years and have 2 releases. They don't seem to want to
> give up the name. Any advice on what I should do?
>
> That really sucks - you guys must've been pissed when you first
> learned of this. I remember after I helped put out a compilation CD
> in 1997 by my friends' band, The Secret Service (an '80s mod/R&B-
> influenced garage rock act from Long Island), we heard from a New
> Jersey-based group called "The Secret Service Band." If I remember
> correctly, they contacted us and asked us to stop using the name, to
> avoid confusing the public, or something like that.
>
> First of all, I thought it was really dumb of them to have the
> word "band" at the end of their name. It just sounded stupid!
> Second, they looked really cheesy in the photos on their website,
> which annoyed me. Third, although my friends played a few shows
> in '97 / '98 after reuniting for the first CaveStomp festival in NYC,
> they weren't planning to stay active, so we didn't care that much.
>
> From some research I did back then, I'm fairly sure that one important
> fact in establishing the right to your band name was whether or not
> you had released anything publicly (as you have). I think this may
> give you a leg up on them, at least in the U.S. You should be able to
> find information on-line if you search on trademark law (I'll see what
> I can dig up). As someone suggested, you should try to find a lawyer
> to consult, preferably a friend who won't take all your money. A
> little letterhead for future communications with this UK act can't
> hurt! Good luck.
>
> Be seeing you,
> Bill
>
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