The Neptunes In Dispute Over Group Name

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo are in a authorized dispute over the identify rights for his or her manufacturing duo, The Neptunes.

Billboard experiences that Hugo’s attorneys just lately filed a lawsuit that claims that his long-time associate Williams of “fraudulently” searching for sole management over the logos and violating the earlier settlement to separate all the pieces 50/50.

“Throughout their over thirty year history, [Hugo] and Williams agreed to, and in fact, have divided all assets,” says Hugo’s lawyer Kenneth D. Freundlich. “By ignoring and excluding [Hugo] from the any and all applications filed by applicant for the mark ‘The Neptunes,’ applicant has committed fraud in securing the trademarks and acted in bad faith.”

“Pharrell is surprised by this,” stated from a press release representing Pharrell. “We have reached out on multiple occasions to share in the ownership and administration of the trademark and will continue to make that offer. The goal here was to make sure a third party doesn’t get a hold of the trademark and to guarantee Chad and Pharrell share in ownership and administration.”

“If Pharrell’s intent was to include Chad in the filing, he should have registered it in the name of them jointly or as a partnership and not in his own name,” responded Freundlich. “This was a land grab in a long simmering dispute that has yet to be resolved.”

Because the 2000’s, The Neptunes spawned a slew of hit data from artists from JAY-Z, TI to Justin Timberlake, Kelis, and plenty of extra.