Parties who held music conventions in 2012 and 2013 using the on-air name of legendary radio personality Jack “The Rapper” Gibson infringed his trademark and publicity rights under federal and Georgia state law, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled Dec. 2 (Bell v. Foster, 2013 BL 333971, N.D. Ga., 1:13-cv-00405-TWT, 12/2/13).
Granting in part a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, the court ordered the defendants to stop using the name “Jack the Rapper,” but held off determination of monetary damages for further evidentiary proceedings.
Radio Pioneer Died in 2000.
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