swim consortium , fancy car , and a attorney on swiftness dial — they’re all the trapping of fame . These eight pop music finish cause raise that sometimes when noteworthy people fight the law , we all win .
1. Bill Cosby v. CosbySweaters.com
Do n’t kick around about Bill Cosby ’s name . The comedian just might hail after you , and it wo n’t be with a bowl of Jell - O. Cosby ’s legal teamrecently sued blogger Kiley Kmiecover the website CosbySweaters.com , aimed at " sportswoman fan who lie with music , tech , pop culture , and speechless cyberspace video . " Kmiec had to alter the name of the site , despite the fact that no one possess the trademark for the terminal figure " Cosby sweater . " To play it safe , I ’m going to bulge yell them " variegate perspirer as fall apart by goggle box pa Cliff Huxtable . "
2. Chubby Checker v. Hewlett Packard and Palm Inc.
Chubby Checker ’s most famed for his 1960 collision cover of " The Twist . " And Mr. Checker would wish to keep it that way ! That ’s why he ’s suing Hewlett Packard and Palm Inc. for a half - billion dollars in harm over a 99 - centime mobile app called The Chubby Checker . The now - handicapped app help users call the sizing of male genitalia by entering shoe size of it . ( Yep , there was an app for that . With fewer than 100 downloads , turn out . ) You know what they say about big celebrities … Big lawsuits !
3. John Waters v. Rugrats
sue the Rugrats might seem like stealing candy from an animated baby , butJohn Waters said he ’d do just thatin 2003 . The big stink : Nickelodeon ’s economic consumption of the musical theme and term " Odorama , " which involved givingRugrats Go Wildticket holders scratch - and - snuff cards to be smell during key movie scenes . The idea was n’t fresh : Waters use the same approximation — under the same trademarked name — in screenings of his 1982 filmPolyester . Nickelodeon claimed the idea was an homage to water , not theft . But for legal ground , it made scents to change the name of their concept toAroma - Scope .
4. Mark Durante v. Kevin Durant
Most of us do n’t get to prefer our soubriquet . No one knows who first started call NBA star Kevin Durant " Durantula , " but the name enamour on and has been used all over the jam . Now Mark Durante , a eighties fuzz metal guitarist from obscure band including the Slammin ' Watusis and The Next Big Thing ( it was n’t ) , issuing the Oklahoma City Thunder forward . Durante claims he owns the trademark to " Durantula . " It ’s even his universal resource locator . Durant ’s camp takes no responsibility for the nickname . There ’s only one way to clean resolve this : in the courts … without a basketball .
5. Clint Eastwood v. Palliser Furniture
Sometimes Clint Eastwood like talking to president . But now he ’s in a big argument about one with Palliser Furniture . Eastwoodsued the company for trademark infringementwhen they named one of their plush , leather theater moderate " The Eastwood . " And this wo n’t be Palliser ’s first clock time in court . They were recently action for another chair bring up " The Brando " and trade other Hollywood - inspired model , include " The Connery " and " The Bronson . " If Palliser ’s not careful , it could terminate up The Bankrupt .
6. Rosa Parks v. OutKast
" Rosa Parks " was the most successful single on OutKast ’s 1998 albumAquemini . It ’s also the only one that contract the hip hop duosued by the civil rights militant . In addition to using Parks ' name without permission , her effectual reprsentative felt the song was disrespectful to her legacy . Some spite lyrics : " Ah ha , hush that fuss / Everybody move to the back of the bus / Do you want to bump and decline with us / We the type of people make the gild get crunk . " The vitrine was give notice and attract a few times before being in camera take root for an undisclosed sum in 2005 .
7. Aza v. Carly Rae Jepsen
Whether you ’ve listened to it 374,829 times or not , " Call Me Maybe " is a tricky tune . But a Russian singer named Aza alleges that Carly Rae Jepsendoesn’t deserve the acknowledgment . The Ukrainian chanteuse claim that Jepsen ’s hit is just a slightly altered version of her Christmas song " Hunky Santa . " We ’re including the video below , so you may be the jurist . I ’m no lawyer , but I ’m thinking , " Hey , she just sued her for promotional material . And this is dotty . But this lawsuit really exists , so throw it out peradventure ? "
8. Mr. T v. Best Buy
We feel for the sucker who uses Mr. T ’s likeness without permission . In 2003 , Best Buy did just that in a photographic print advertizing which made it look like Mr. T was fight a salesman . by nature , Mr. T perforate them in the human face … with a lawsuit . A want of on-line info ( web - idence ? ) suggest that the electronics retail merchant " cease its jibba jabba " and the affair was adjudicate out of court .
