Coachella Sues Live Nation, Says Tribe Concert Name Infringes (1)

The company that runs the annual Coachella Music Festival sued Live Nation for promoting a “Coachella Day One 22" music event to be hosted by a Native American tribe in the Coachella Valley.

Coachella Music Festival LLC said the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians, operating as Coachella Crossroads LLC, is putting on the concert with a name that leaches goodwill from the festival first held in 1999, according to a U.S. District Court for the Central District of California complaint. It said consumers will mistakenly believe the new event had an affiliation with the annual festival annually held ...