Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo Battling Over Neptunes Trademark

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo bought hundreds of thousands of information collectively as The Neptunes however the two Virginia-made hitmakers are at the moment entangled in a authorized warfare over use of the group’s title.

Not too long ago uncovered court docket docs present Chad opposing a trademark submitting of Pharrell’s firm PW IP Holdings to lock up the rights to “The Neptunes” for music movies and different downloadable leisure.

Pharrell’s reps instructed Billboard he was merely going out of his method to make sure no outsiders acquired maintain of the Neptunes’ title, however Hugo’s legal professional Kenneth D. Freundlich went so far as to declare Pharrell dedicated fraud by leaving his shopper’s title off the submitting … with none enter from Chad.

Pharrell’s staff additionally claimed they reached out to Chad on a number of events with no response … it is clear these dudes aren’t actually talking to one another anymore.

Collectively they scored a great deal of hits with Jay-Z, N.O.R.E., Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dogg and lots of extra superstars.

Their output as a duo slowed up round 2013 when Pharrell went solo and dropped his Diamond-selling “Happy” hit, however their strong legacy nonetheless acquired them inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 2022.

With a lot historical past, you’d suppose these guys would skip the attorneys, and simply hop on the cellphone to hash issues out.