The hip hop world is about to get real awkward since hip hop sensation Pharrell Willliams filed a lawsuit againstwill.i.am! According to the lawsuit, will.i.am sent the “Get Lucky” singer a letter telling him to stop using his “i.am” trademark. This is in reference to Pharrell’s “I Am Other” label that supposedly violates the “I Am” trademark that will.i.am owns.
The lawsuit explains that the “I Am” trademark is pretty weak and that Pharrell’s brand does not include stops between the “I” and the “Am.” Pharrell further argues that Will.I.Am’s trademark refers toDr. Seuss’ popular children’s book, GREEN EGGS AND HAM that is about the character Sam I Am.”In contrast, the I Am Other mark means ‘I am something else,’ leaving what that ‘else’ is to the imagination of the consumer. It certainly does not mean ‘I am Will,”” says the lawsuit.
will.i.am has denied rumours that he plans on suingPharrell over this issue, but it seems that Pharrell is being extra cautious by filing his own lawsuit before the”#thatPOWER” hitmaker!