Jermaine Dupri’s Father Battles Bow Wow & Promoters Collective Over Scream Tour Trademark

Bow Wow has run right into a little bit of a authorized downside with the usage of the Scream Tour title due to a lawsuit introduced by Jermaine Dupri‘s father, Michael Mauldin.

In response to courtroom paperwork obtained by HipHopDX, Mauldin — a producer in his personal proper, who was instrumental in fostering Dupri’s profession in his early days — is laying declare to what’s referred to as “frequent legislation” trademark, which is why he’s suing each Bow Wow (actual title Shad Moss) and others. A typical legislation trademark is one that’s “established solely via use in commerce in a selected geographical space,” based on Gerbin Regulation. “Enterprise names, logos, and phrases which are often used–despite the fact that they’ve by no means been federally registered–can all be thought-about frequent legislation emblems.”

Mauldin’s declare is that he’s been utilizing the title “Scream Tour” for his personal excursions for the previous forty years, despite the fact that he solely formally trademarked the title two months after the Black Promoters Collective — who’re additionally named within the lawsuit — filed the trademark for themselves. Actually, Mauldin is claiming that Bow Wow was nicely conscious of who actually owned the “Scream Tour” trademark, as a result of he was on the tour himself.

“The primary and subsequent SCREAM TOURTM dwell music efficiency occasions and excursions in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2017 have been extremely profitable in attracting, cultivating, and selling teenage and younger grownup music performers within the music business,” he wrote in paragraph 32 of the criticism. “Primarily based on whether or not new, teenage and younger grownup music performers had been able to carry out, Mr. Mauldin made choices every year whether or not to conduct the SCREAM TOURTM dwell music efficiency occasions and tour. Music performers together with Ne-Yo, T.I., Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Ciara, T-Ache, Defendant Shad Gregory Moss aka Bow Wow, B2K, Nick Cannon, Yung Joc, Omarion, Senseless Conduct, Ms. Mulatto aka Lotto have carried out at dwell music efficiency occasions and excursions below the SCREAM TOURTM Trademark.”

Take a look at the filings under.

Again in July, Bow Wow introduced on Instagram that he was relaunching the Scream Tour for the “new technology” of performers.

“That was then That is NOW! Its time to SCRRRRREAAAAM,” he captioned the tour’s video announcement. “Them children been getting on yalls nerves all summer time its just one place to convey them to allow them to be as wild as they need! SCREAM TOUR 23 “NEXT UP” We baaaaack !!

“GET YOUR TICKETS 🎫 MY YOUNGINS IS READY TO SHOW OUT!!! @thatgirllaylay @officialyoungdylan and extra…… oh yeah IM HOSTING ! It’s solely proper!”

Artists scheduled to carry out on the tour embody That Lady Lay Lay, Younger Dylan, Wanmor, Papa Jay and extra, based on a follow-up Instagram publish.